Jupiter is near Aldebaran, the star that makes up the eye of the bull in the constellation Taurus. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The moon will pass closely by Jupiter this evening (Jan. 10), meeting ...

The moon will pass closely by Jupiter this evening (Jan. 10), meeting up with the gas giant in the constellation Taurus. The not-quite-full moon will pass within about five degrees of Jupiter ...

They are more commonly referred to as the Galilean moons of Jupiter owing to the fact that they were discovered by Galileo. The four Galilean moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – are ...

NASA captures volcanic world of Jupiter's moon IoThis new look at the gas giant is from the Hubble Space Telescope, a low-orbit observatory that was launched in 1990 and scans the skies to this day." ...

The spacecraft will reach Europa in 2030, beginning 49 flybys to assess if the moon could harbour life. The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer spacecraft, launched last year, will ...

There are currently 92 moons known to orbit Jupiter. The four largest – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610 when he pointed the first astronomical telescope ...

On this date, Jan. 17, 2002, the Galileo probe made it’s 33 rd pass of Jupiter’s moon, Io. After Voyager 1’s pass in 1979, Io was dubbed the most volcanically active place in the solar system.

What is the moon phase today? Today, Jan. 25, 2025, the moon is 26 days old, in the Waning Crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 15% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

Although the black moon itself will be invisible, it will create ideal opportunities for stargazing where planets like Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and the galaxies and nebulae will appear to shine ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 8:53 a.m. EDT (1353 GMT) but local moonrise ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...