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 ...

A bit smaller than our Moon, icy Europa is the second innermost of Jupiter’s four large moons. Being farther away from Jupiter, Europa has tidal kneading less extreme than that experienced by Io but ...

Jupiter moon Io, imaged by SHARK-VIS on Jan. 10, 2024. This is the highest resolution image of Io ... [+] ever obtained by an Earth-based telescope. The image combines three spectral bands ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The surface of Io, one of Jupiter's many moons, is an especially hostile environment – even for space. Scientists recently observed its atmosphere completely ...

NASA's Europa Clipper probe is finally on its way to the icy ocean moon of Jupiter, but it's going to ... of the moon's geological features. The map comprises images gathered by Europa Clipper's ...

Learn how you can see bright Jupiter from Earth, helped by its massive size and banded, reflective cloud tops, in December's ...