CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. That’s more than any other planet in our solar system.

JUICE will be the first mission to orbit a moon other than Earth's. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons ...

Case in point, astronomers have observed the entrancing glows of auroras in wavelengths visible to human eyes on four of Jupiter's largest moons, or Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede ...

Jupiter has 79 moons and is known as the 'king of the planets ... more than 5000 at the last count, we do see evidence for larger planets, some of which are "puffed up" because they're really ...

Most of us know four moons of Jupiter, called the Galilean moons because they were first discovered by Galileo in 1610. Named for figures closely associated with Jupiter from Greek mythology ...

Jupiter now officially has 92 moons after astronomers observed 12 new natural satellites orbiting the solar system’s largest planet. That new total puts it nine ahead of Saturn, which has 83 moons.

According to NASA, the next full moon will be on Tuesday, March 7. During that full moon, Venus, Jupiter and Mars will all be visible in the night sky. That’s more than any other planet in our ...

Or perhaps more likely, look at under a microscope. The latest candidate for hosting nearby life is Jupiter’s moon, Io. Let’s take a look at what makes Io special, and what we might hope to ...