An asteroid 20 times larger than the one that may have wiped out the dinosaurs struck Jupiter's moon Ganymede some 4 billion years ago, dramatically shifting the possibly life-hosting satellite's axis ...

The asteroid collision that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago may have been a major cosmic crack-up, but it was nothing compared to a bigger impact that occurred roughly four billion years ...

Astronomers have discovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, according to a study released in the journal Nature Astronomy. Previous research provides evidence ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured vivid images of Jupiter's moon Ganymede during a flyby on June 7. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Ganymede, a behemoth of an icy moon in Jupiter's orbit, was ...

NASA has detected water vapor for the very first time in the atmosphere of Ganymede — not only Jupiter's largest moon, but the largest moon in our entire solar system. Researchers made the discovery ...

This image of the Jovian moon Ganymede was obtained by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its June 7, 2021, flyby of the icy moon. At the time of closest approach, Juno was within ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The magnetosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede sounds like a dial-up modem in a newly released ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. After a NASA mission passed within 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) of Jupiter's largest moon ...