May 19, 2025 · It gave scientists an opportunity to gain new insights into Jupiter, Shoemaker-Levy 9, and cosmic collisions in general. Researchers were able to deduce the composition and …

A new documentary called "On Jupiter" will be shown on the Discovery channel. The hour-long program is narrated by actor John Hurt, and will chronicle the story of Jupiter starting with …

Sep 15, 1998 · Jupiter's intricate, swirling ring system is formed by dust kicked up as interplanetary meteoroids smash into the giant planet's four small inner moons, according to …

Mission Overview NASA's Galileo spacecraft was designed to study the large, gaseous planet Jupiter, its moons and its surrounding magnetosphere, which is a magnetic bubble …

Satellites in the Jovian system are named for Zeus/Jupiter's lovers and descendants. Themisto was originally called S/1975 J1 and then S/2000 J1 when it was rediscovered.

So far, observations from Earth and space have found Saturnian satellites ranging from small asteroid-size bodies to the aptly named Titan, which is the second largest moon of the Solar …

Jun 5, 2025 · VERITAS is the next mission in NASA's Discovery Program of smaller, focused missions to explore the solar system, following Lucy (launched in 2021) and Psyche (launched …

Most significant in terms of results has been the discovery of a frozen ocean of water cov ering Europa, one of the principal moons of Jupiter. On 13 August 1996, data from Galileo revealed …

Kore was discovered on Feb. 8, 2003 by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt and Jan T. Kleyna at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii. Kore is considered a member of the Pasiphae group, a …

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system – more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined. Despite its huge size, the planet is made almost entirely of the lightest …