NASA Juno mission captured amazing new imagery of Jupiter's moon Europa. The spacecraft flew about 219 miles (352 kilometers) ...

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Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...

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Galileo Galilei's telescopic discovery of Jupiter's four moons in 1610 revolutionized astronomy and supported heliocentric ...

Researchers have discovered that healthy skin — once thought to be a passive barrier — can actually produce antibodies that fight off infections. It’s hoped that the finding could one day lead to the ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has again captured stunning images of Jupiter and its moon Io, providing more insights into the solar ...

Collapsed dead stars, known as neutron stars, are a trillion times denser than lead, and their surface features are largely ...

Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei peered through his newly improved 20-power homemade telescope at the planet Jupiter. He ...

Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant ...

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 ...

And thus, Io, Europa and Ganymede became known as the Galilean moons of Jupiter. Learn more about NASA’s current mission to Europa here. Europa was one of four moons discovered on Jan.