For centuries, Jupiter reigned as king of the moons. Initially, the Big Four, discovered by Galileo, and then as optics and ...

That's why humans have sent spacecraft to the Moon ... from Jupiter's center. As you enter the top of the atmosphere, you're be traveling at 110,000 mph under the pull of Jupiter's gravity.

Ganymede is the largest of the 100-plus moons orbiting Jupiter, and is also the largest ... be a gravitational anomaly - a ...

If a person with a mass of 55kg was to travel to Jupiter or Pluto, the effects of gravity would be very different from those on Earth. Gravity is the pull that a planet exerts towards its centre.

The International Astronomical Union formally recognised all of Saturn’s moons this week. The moons are yet to get names but ...

"It's like a game of billiards around the solar system, flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to ...

The small, rocky body is constantly being stretched and compressed by Jupiter’s huge gravitational force, keeping the moon ‘malleable’ like bread dough. Like Europa, the enormous pressure ...

Gravity assists have become common practice for spacecraft venturing to the far reaches of our solar system. For instance, last year, the European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE ...