Most of Jupiter's moons are small, with about 60 of the satellites measuring less than 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) in diameter. ... Elara: Discovered on January 5 1905, ...

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 ...

The moon, nearly two nights past first quarter and appearing as a waxing gibbous phase, 70% illuminated, will appear to stand almost directly above a very bright, non-twinkling, silvery "star." ...

Jupiter sets record after 12 new moons discovered 00:14. A NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to Jupiter's moon Io, coming within 930 miles of the "surface of the most volcanic world ...

That mission, which is slated to end in September 2025, also extends to Jupiter's rings and many moons. Juno’s trajectory passes by Io every other orbit, flying over the same part of the moon ...

The crescent moon will appear "wafer thin" through the night of April 29 as it draws near to the large planet and will make its closest visual approach to Jupiter for the year as it passes over ...

What's more, a massive volcanic hot spot on the moon's southern hemisphere that Juno observed during its third-ever flyby of the moon on Dec. 27, 2024, appears to still be active, according to NASA.

Europa, the superstar among Jupiter’s many moons One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It's encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles ...

It is expected to reach Jupiter in April 2030 to study Europa, the icy-surfaced moon, which is roughly the size of Earth’s moon and thought to have “ingredients for life,” such as water ...

The Cold Moon — the 12th and final full moon of 2024 — will rise on Sunday (Dec. 15). It will ascend higher into the night sky than any other full moon this year to sit alongside the planet ...

Jupiter moon of Io is famed for its volcanoes. NASA just spotted the most powerful one yet Not only was the hot spot larger than Earth’s Lake Superior, but it also was seen belching out ...