Jupiter's second-largest moon has more impact craters on its surface than any other planetary body in the solar system, and it has tons of ice on its surface as well. For decades. researchers ...

Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon and the solar system's largest, is bigger than Mercury and the dwarf planet Pluto, with a diameter of 5,268 kilometers.

Experts analyzed satellite imagery of planetary surface cracks and compared them with Earth's geologic features, searching ...

Scientists have long thought that our solar system's ocean worlds, such as Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus, ...

Europa, one of Jupiter’s intriguing moons, is hiding an ocean beneath its icy shell — an ocean that might harbor alien life. NASA's Europa Clipper mission is on a quest to investigate whether the ...

The solar system is home to bizarre moons like Enceladus and Callisto, each unveiling nature’s wonders and some of science’s ...

Liftoff! NASA's Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter Oct. 14, 2024 — NASA's Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with ...

Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active body ... and their structure sheds light on how magma moves beneath the surface of Io. Io’s volcanism — probably present over the moon ...