Jupiter

Galileo’s Final Study of Jupiter

Image credit: NASA/JPL We're only days away until Galileo's final plunge into Jupiter on September 21. Nearly out of fuel,…

21 years ago

Galileo Will Plunge Into Jupiter on September 21

Image credit: NASA/JPL Time is running out for NASA's Galileo spacecraft. After eight years of loyal service imaging Jupiter and…

21 years ago

Jupiter Gets Even More Satellites

Image credit: UBC A team of Canadian astronomers have discovered even more new satellites for Jupiter, giving the giant planet…

22 years ago

Six New Moons Found Around Jupiter

Image credit: University of Hawaii Astronomers from the University of Hawaii have discovered six new moons for Jupiter, pushing the…

22 years ago

Finding Salt on Io

Image credit: NASA A team of French and American astronomers have discovered the presence of salt (NaCl) in Io's atmosphere.…

22 years ago

Galileo’s Last Look at Io

Image credit: NASA The final images that the Galileo spacecraft will take of Jupiter's moon Io were released today. They…

23 years ago

Europa Could be Very Thick Skinned

Image credit: NASA The evidence is mounting that Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, has an ocean of water…

23 years ago

Eleven More Jupiter Moons Discovered

Image credit: NASA Jupiter pushed past the other planets with the recent discovery of 11 new moons, bringing its total…

23 years ago

Jupiter is Buffeted by Solar Wind

Image credit: NASA Scientists have uncovered the workings of an invisible bubble of charged particles that surround Jupiter and interact…

23 years ago

Jupiter’s X-Ray Hotspot Puzzles Astronomers

Image credit: Chandra A new image taken by the Chandra X-Ray Telescope shows puzzling, pulsating hotspots at Jupiter's north and…

23 years ago