Io is the most volcanic body known to science, and researchers have puzzled over its history for years. A new report suggests ...

Within Jupiter's rings, they orbit the planet a few thousand kilometres apart, presumably delivering dust to the rings. Metis and Adrastea are the only two moons that orbit Jupiter faster than it ...

Set to arrive at the Jovian system in July 2031, JUICE will observe the magnetic fields and the atmosphere of Jupiter, as well as its moons and faint ring system. According to the spacecraft's ...

The largest moon in the solar system ... Among the surprises from these missions, the data revealed that giant Jupiter sports thin, dusty rings. And when NASA's Juno spacecraft began orbiting ...

The evening sky loses its last planet early in May, shifting the attention of planetary observers to the morning.

As a planetary scientist and astrobiologist who studies ice grains from Enceladus, I'm interested in whether there is life on ...

They should make a lovely pairing, with a pair of binoculars placed on Jupiter also revealing its four “Galilean” moons Callisto ... can you see it's fabulous ring pattern.

The Galilean moons are by far the largest and most massive objects to orbit Jupiter, with the remaining 75 known moons and the rings together composing just 0.003% of the total orbiting mass. Of ...