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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The moon will pass closely by Jupiter this evening (Jan. 10), meeting up with the gas giant in ...

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." ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

From an occultation of Mars to conjunctions with Venus and Jupiter, the moon will be involved in a bevy of spectacular events in 2025, and it will appear at its biggest and brightest since 2019.

Dec. 19, 2024 — Scientists have unveiled groundbreaking research on the origins of lunar water, offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Jan. 24, 2025, the moon is 25 days old, in the Waning Crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 22% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...