With a good pair of binoculars and a steady hand, you can get a glimpse of Jupiter's Galilean moons: Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto. Look closely as they will appear as 4 tiny dots close to the ...

Jupiter has several different types of moons. The Galilean moons — Ganymede, Io, Callisto and Europa — are the largest and can be seen from Earth using binoculars.

The quest to understand the chemical makeup of distant celestial bodies is gaining momentum thanks to the advanced ...

It will take the robotic explorer, dubbed JUICE (for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), eight years to reach Jupiter, where it will scope out not only the solar system's biggest planet, but also Europa ...

But the current study also gives insight into how Jupiter’s Galilean moons — Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto — formed, as their orbits indicate these moons likely formed in the places ...

Scientists have theorized that Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, and Europa, one of Jupiter's Galilean moons, could host vast liquid water oceans that harbor life. These oceans could contain ...

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Check out Jupiter with a pair of binoculars, and you’ll see it’s not alone in space. Four tiny specks of light close by the giant planet are the biggest of the Jupiter’s 95 moons.

With the four Galilean moons of Jupiter, we are dealing with four very different planetary bodies. They all have had very different developmental histories, and for the icy moons – especially Ganymede ...

Close-up of the craters and furrows on Ganymede's surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI Aside from being the biggest of Jupiter's 95 moons, Ganymede is best known for its axial tilt and deep furrows.