The moon is so volcanic because of tidal forces caused by gravitational interactions with Jupiter and its other large moons, Europa and Ganymede. Using its Microwave Radiometer, Juno detected heat ...
Using his celestial observations, including the discovery of Jupiter’s satellites, Galileo came up with a book titled Siderius Nuncius (The Starry Messenger) in March 1610. In this work ...
Since completing its primary science objectives in orbit of Jupiter, Juno has been conducting flybys of the Jovian moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. The spacecraft completed two very close ...
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 ...