On January 7, 1610, the Italian astronomer Galileo discovered three of Jupiter's moons: Callisto, Europa and Io. When he ...

On Jan. 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei turned his self-built telescope, which he had recently made improvements to, towards Jupiter ...

Source: NOVA: "Galileo's Battle for the Heavens" This resource was adapted from NOVA: "Galileo's Battle for the Heavens." In 1610, when Galileo first pointed his newly built telescope toward the sky, ...

NASA's aging Galileo spacecraft concluded its 14-year, exploration of Jupiter and its moons on Sunday with a streaking suicide plunge into the planet's turbulent atmosphere. The spacecraft passed into ...

On Dec. 28, 2000, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft discovered auroras on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. Galileo launched in 1989 ...

In January 1610, Galileo Galilei, using a newly improved telescope with 20x magnification, observed four celestial bodies orbiting Jupiter, initially appearing as stars. These bodies, later named Io, ...

On a third and final tour of duty in the Jovian system, NASA's dauntless Galileo spacecraft makes its closest pass yet to Jupiter's outermost large moon. On a third and final tour of duty in the ...

NASA's Galileo space probe, which revolutionised scientists' understanding of Jupiter and its moons, made its last transmissions early this morning and then disintegated spectacularly in Jupiter's ...

Hampered by a communications antenna that never unfurled, the Galileo spacecraft became known as the plucky mission that overcame major obstacles. During more than 6 years of touring Jupiter and its ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – NASA’s aging Galileo spacecraft plunged into Jupiter’s turbulent ...

With a jazz band playing in the background and more than a thousand glasses raised, Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists and engineers said goodbye to one of their own Sunday, toasting the veteran ...