See how telescopes capture the cosmos. ExtremeTech explains the science behind lenses and space exploration. Start exploring ...

Saturn has at least 146 moons, of which 63 are named—and thousands of moonlets ... Just after the turn of the 17th century, ...

On Oct. 14, 2024, NASA launched the ”Europa Clipper” aboard the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This spacecraft is headed for Europa, one of Jupiter’s four largest ...

Discovered by Galileo in 1610, Europa is one of the four so-called Galilean moons of Jupiter, along with Ganymede, Io and Callisto. What type of life might Europa harbor? Besides water ...

The third-largest moon in the solar system—almost as big as the planet Mercury—Callisto was first spotted orbiting Jupiter in 1610 by the astronomer Galileo Galilei. Callisto has been pummeled by ...

There's a bright "star" shining in the east after dark. It's Jupiter, which is now approaching it's biggest, brightest and ...

Who are the most famous Italians? Italy is known to be a home of famous men and women including legenadry singers, politicians and scientists. Read on.

But the Jupiter mission still had some science to do. ‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com Galileo flew by a small moon called Amalthea. Amalthea is small, but it’s interesting ...

NASA's Europa Clipper probe is finally on its way to the icy ocean moon of Jupiter, but it's going to ... Clipper's predecessors — Voyager 2, Galileo, and Juno, NASA spacecraft that performed ...

There are only two more full moons left in 2024, and the November full moon is particularly special. This will be the fourth consecutive supermoon of the year, following the supermoons in August ...

NASA NASA has updated its list of potential landing sites for the next human visit to the moon, which is planned for 2026. The Artemis III mission will see the first crewed lunar landing since the ...

Frank Sinatra once sang, “Fly me to the moon,” but now anyone on Earth can ask “Which moon do you want to go to, Frank?” ...