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

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has detected an unusual new variety of plasma phenomenon occurring over Jupiter's north pole.

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 ...

And while you're using the binoculars — or even better, perhaps a small telescope — be sure to look for the famous Galilean satellites; the four large moons that circle Jupiter that were first ...

In 2019, Saturn pushed ahead of Jupiter as the planet with the most moons in our solar system. Now, however, Jupiter’s moon count has been revised thanks to the discovery of 12 new moons ...

"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian ...

Since he had already discovered three new satellites of Jupiter, he is now tied with Galileo, whose primitive telescope picked up the first four satellites in 1610. More Must-Reads from TIME.

What are Jupiter's newly discovered moons like? Sheppard told The Associated Press the moons range in size from .6 miles to 2 miles in diameter, but only half of them are big enough – at least 1 ...

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 or more (15 kilometers to 24 kilometers) thick.

IN the New York Nation for January 11, 1894, Dr. D. C. Oilman, President of the Johns Hopkins University, called attention to an interesting letter from John Winthrop, jun., to Sir Robert Moray ...