What exists beneath the surface of Jupiter's icy moon, Callisto? This is what a recent study accepted by The Planetary ...

Although Europa is the fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, it’s the smallest of the Galilean moons – the largest being Ganymede. With an equatorial diameter of about 3,100 kilometres, Europa is ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Europa's surface ices are changing constantly, according to new surface spectra taken by the ...

Could the icy moons of our solar system hold life beyond our planet? Keith Cooper looks at how planetary scientists plan to find out ...

Our exploration of the outer Solar System has revealed a host of icy moons, many with surface features that suggest a complex geology. In some cases, these features—most notably the geysers of ...

A close conjunction of the waning crescent Moon (approximately 26% illuminated) and Jupiter occurred around 7 A.M. EDT, observable in the eastern sky before sunrise, with the Moon positioned between ...