Galileo was the first person to see Jupiter's moons. He eyeballed the four brightest through his small telescope on winter evenings in early 1610. When I was a boy Jupiter had 12 moons. More than 275 ...

Astronomers have found 12 more moons orbiting the planet Jupiter. These moons are all small — just 5 kilometers or less across — and one of... Galileo Would Be Stunned: Jupiter Now Has 79 Moons More ...

Astronomers are still finding moons at Jupiter, 400 years after Galileo used his spyglass to spot the first ones. The latest discovery of a dozen small moons brings the total to 79, the most of any ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The solar system has a new winner in the moon department. Twenty new moons have been found around Saturn, giving the ringed planet a total of 82, scientists said Monday. That ...

The two largest planets in our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, also have the largest satellite systems, or the most moons. At present, Jupiter's reported moon count stands at more than 100 moons, ...

What if Jupiter’s 79 moons weren’t gravitationally bound to Jupiter? What if they became rogue objects orbiting on their own paths around the Sun? FBI joins search for retired Air Force major general ...