Jupiter's moon count reaches 95+ official satellites. Explore the history of the Jovian system, from Galileo to the latest NASA discoveries.

Jupiter Adds 12 Moons, Overtakes Saturn in Total Moon Count ...

The moon greets Jupiter two days ahead of its full moon phase on Feb. 1.

Turn a telescope to the eastern sky in the hours following midnight on Nov. 5 to see two colossal shadows darken the cloud tops of the gas giant Jupiter as the Galilean moons Io and Europa pass ...

Jupiter is the king of moons. With 95 of them orbiting the gas giant, some are so large they rival planets in size. But what would it actually be like to live on one of these moons? Let’s imagine ...

A group of astronomers from the Carnagie Institution for Science announced on Monday that they discovered 12 previously undiscovered moons orbiting Jupiter, including one the institution is calling an ...

On Feb. 1, the Snow Moon will rise alongside some of winter's brightest stars after drifting past Jupiter ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The solar system has a new winner in the moon department. Twenty new moons have been found around Saturn, giving the ringed planet a total of 82, scientists said Monday.

While Io, the most volcanically active moon in the solar system, appears completely dry and devoid of water ice, its neighbor Europa is thought to harbor a vast global ocean of liquid water beneath ...