Phases of ice that exist naturally only on frozen moons could be detected using infrared spectroscopy, according to new ...

NASA's Juno deep-space probe has sent back the first close-up images of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, to be captured in two decades. Snapped during Juno's flyby of the giant moon on June 7, the ...

It was the closest spacecraft encounter with Ganymede since May 2000. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The photos from a historic ...

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Astronomers have found the most conclusive evidence yet that a large watery ocean lies beneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. With the discovery, Ganymede joins Enceladus and Europa as ...

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Scientists have a new map -- the best created so far -- of the largest moon in our solar system, Ganymede, and it is both beautiful and revealing. Ganymede is technically a satellite of Jupiter, but ...

Ganymede, one of Jupiter’s moons and the largest moon in the solar system, is seen in a global geologic map in this February 12, 2014, image. Ganymede, one of Jupiter’s moons and the largest moon in ...

Using little more than a backyard telescope and his experience observing the night sky, amateur astronomer Emmanuel Kardasis has produced a detailed map of Jupiter’s largest moon Ganymede. “Ganymede ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The shadow of Ganymede is projected onto the cloud-tops of ...