Image of Jupiter and three of its four Galilean satellites through an amateur telescope, similar to what Galileo might have seen. Credit: Thomas Bresson More detailed observations from NASA’s Galileo ...

Image of Europa taken by Voyager 1 during its 1979 flyby of Jupiter. Image of Europa taken by Voyager 2 during its 1979 flyby of Jupiter. More detailed observations from NASA's Galileo spacecraft that ...

On this date, Jan. 7, 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant stars, Galileo’s repeated ...

See To Believe What If Earth Orbited Jupiter Instead of the Sun? Posted: January 11, 2025 | Last updated: January 11, 2025 "See To Believe uncovers the forgotten, mind-blowing facts that will ...

TEMPLE, Texas — Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei advanced the field of astronomy on Jan. 7, 1610 - 415 years ago from Tuesday - by discovering the existence of Jupiter's moons. His discovery ...

Abstract: This chapter describes how the Galileo orbiter received and transmitted data with the Deep Space Network (DSN). The relay communications subsystems and the link between the Galileo probe and ...

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.

When an exoplanet is discovered, scientists are quick to describe it and explain its properties. Now, we know of thousands of them, many of which are members of a planetary system, like the well ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Jupiter, as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on Dec. 28, 2024, during its perijove 68. Image ... [+] processing by citizen ...