Mercury joins Venus for a few evenings ... as the distance between Earth and the giant planet increases. The shadows of Ganymede and Europa cross the face of Jupiter together March 11/12.

Plus: A solar eclipse and an occultation of the Pleiades as our satellite skims through several constellations in the sky ...

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

March's full moon, known as the Worm Moon, will bring a stunning total lunar eclipse, turning the Moon a deep reddish hue in ...

Mercury is much fainter at magnitude 0.8 ... 8:22 A.M. Let's visit Jupiter in Taurus tonight to check out one of several ...

“Mercury, it has to be said ... there will be a chance to catch a glimpse of the moons of Jupiter – Io, Callisto, Ganymede and Europa. Dr Scholz said: “The real superstars of the evening ...

Mercury joins Venus for a few evenings ... as the distance between Earth and the giant planet increases. Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto orbit Jupiter with periods ranging from about two ...

With a diameter of approximately 5.268 km, Ganymede is larger than the planet Mercury, making it the largest moon in the Solar System and the only known moon with a own magnetic field. Its importance ...

Interestingly, the biggest one, Ganymede, is actually larger than the planet Mercury, although not as massive, since Mercury is basically an 80 per cent iron/nickel ball with a thin covering of rocky ...

Saturn’s were the first rings seen through telescopes from Earth. If you want vast ocean views, Jupiter’s biggest moon Ganymede is the place to be. The moon is larger than Mercury and would be classed ...