In fact, even a modest pair of binoculars will reveal the Galilean moons as tiny specks very close to Jupiter itself. Larger telescopes show them more clearly, of course.

If you'd like to take a close-up look at the moon or see the four Galilean moons of Jupiter, our guides to the best telescopes and best binoculars are a great place to start.. And whether you want ...

See Wild New Close-Up Images of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io The spacecraft came to within 930 miles of Io's surface—the closest any spacecraft has flown by the Jovian moon in over 20 years.

Jupiter’s rule of the evening sky is coming to a close. Catch some action there while you can, ... its handle sticking straight up into the sky. Jupiter’s Galilean moons are also visible this ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft took images of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa during a recent flyby. One of the photos—released this week by NASA—offers an intimate view of Europa’s surface features.

There's good reason to keep looking for more moons, Sheppard says: If one was found in a convenient orbit, a spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter could fly close by and take a peek, letting ...

Close-up of the craters and furrows on Ganymede's surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI Aside from being the biggest of Jupiter's 95 moons, Ganymede is best known for its axial tilt and deep ...

Orbiting even closer to Jupiter than the four Galilean satellites, Metis, Thebe, Amalthea and Adrastea (not pictured), make up the planet's innermost moons. They're so close to the planet they ...

Jupiter's four best-known moons are the Galilean moons, discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. They are named Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, after figures in Greek mythology associated with ...

The first astronomer to discover moons around Jupiter was Galileo, back in the year 1610, but astronomers are still finding more and more moons around this gas giant.

Jupiter's four best-known moons are the Galilean moons, discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. They are named Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, after figures in Greek mythology associated with ...

Scientists have spotted 12 more moons around Jupiter, adding to an already-huge number that just seems to grow and grow. There's so many moons around this gas giant planet that astronomer Scott ...