A bit larger than our Moon, Io is the innermost of Jupiter’s four large moons. As it circles Jupiter, Io is gravitationally perturbed by its three sister moons, first being pushed slightly closer to ...

With aurora borealis lighting up British skies throughout 2024, our passion for stargazing has been renewed. In fact, when ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. An image of Jupiter and Io as seen by NASA's Juno on August 18, 2024 during its 64rd perijove. ... [+] Processed by citizen ...

Or perhaps more likely, look at under a microscope. The latest candidate for hosting nearby life is Jupiter’s moon, Io. Let’s take a look at what makes Io special, and what we might hope to ...

Weather permitting, Jupiter will not only be brighter than most other stars and planets in the evening sky, but will also be ...

The flyby of Io was one of three in 2023 and 2024 ... Some crucial scientific findings include abundant water near Jupiter’s equator, lightning in Jupiter’s clouds, and the cause of ...

Jupiter is a stunning planet to observe. Whether it be visible light or any other wavelength. In a stunning new image ...

Sep. 19, 2024 — By staring into the hellish landscape of Jupiter's moon Io -- the most volcanically active location in the solar system -- astronomers have been able to study a fundamental ...

The gassiest of all gas giants and the biggest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, is known for the storms raging across its surface — like the iconic Great Red Spot. And where there’s a ...

It is on this date that Jupiter approaches ‘opposition’, which happens once every 13 months. Since Earth is situated ...