In a landmark observation by a team of international researchers, NASA's Juno spacecraft has, for the first time, clearly ...
In new images captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft, fiery volcanic activity is seen erupting across Jupiter's moon, Io. Io is the third-largest of Jupiter's four Galilean moons and is the most ...
The Moon passes 5° north of Jupiter at 7 A.M. EDT. Early risers can enjoy the pairing before sunrise, standing some 50° high ...
Katy is Managing Editor at IFLScience where she oversees editorial content from News articles to Features, and even occasionally writes some. NASA’s Juno conducted its 58th close encounter with ...
Jupiter hosts the brightest and most spectacular auroras in the solar system. Near its poles, these shimmering lights offer a glimpse into how the planet interacts with the solar wind and moons swept ...
It’s not a big moon relative to a few of its neighbors, but Jupiter’s Io is exceedingly active, with volcanoes by the hundreds spewing lava plumes dozens of miles above its surface, per NASA. Infrared ...
Io, Europa and Ganymede had already shown their footprints through earlier observations. But Callisto, the farthest Galilean ...
Can ground-based telescopes obtain the same image resolution of planetary objects as space-based telescopes, or even spacecraft directly orbiting other worlds? This is what a recently submitted study ...
The most volcanic body in the solar system, Io is an infernal hellworld that constantly spits sulfurous magma into space. And a new study suggests that it’s been that way for a long, long time. The ...
The autumn night sky in Ireland is an observer's treasure-trove and the first celestial event of the season arrives on September 7 with a lunar eclipse and blood moon ...