Jupiter, the giant of our Solar System, remains one of the most fascinating and mysterious planets to explore. With its ...

There's a new moon king in our solar system: 12 new moons were discovered around Jupiter, which makes it the planet with the most moons. Jupiter is already the biggest planet in our solar system.

Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, is 11 times wider than Earth, and has a mass 2.5 times greater than all of ...

One of the most exciting places to study resilient microbes, that survive without sunlight, is Europa, a moon of Jupiter, ...

Jupiter already reigns as king of the planets — it’s the largest one in our solar system. And now, the gas giant has the most known moons, too. Astronomers have observed 12 additional moons ...

Ten more moons have been confirmed to orbit around Jupiter, bringing the planet’s total known satellite count to 79. That’s the highest number of moons of any planet in the Solar System.

Jupiter now has a total of 92 moons, more than any other planet in the solar system. Getty Images/iStockphoto Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a ...

Jupiter moons Callisto and Ganymede are among the biggest in the solar system, and potential grounds for liquid water and alien life. NASA's JUICE mission will probe them for signs of both.

That’s why the European Space Agency (ESA) just launched a spacecraft to explore these moons. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, nicknamed “JUICE,” launched April 14 from Kourou, French Guiana.

Jupiter’s moon Europa is believed to have a subsurface ocean deep beneath its frozen crust. Without tidal heating, such a thing may not be possible based on how far away Jupiter is from the Sun.

Early in the morning on Wednesday, May 17, gas giant Jupiter and its four bright Galilean moons will pass behind a very thin crescent moon.

Jupiter has a width of around 89,000 miles (143,000 km) making it 11 times the size of Earth. Our planet is itself around four times as large as the moon, which has a diameter of around 2,200 ...