The Dance of Jupiter’s Moons
Monday, May 18, 2020 - 19:20
in Astronomy & Space
Four hundred years ago, the astronomer Galileo Galilei announced his discovery of four moons orbiting around the planet Jupiter, each seen as a distinct white dot through his telescope. However, only in the span of the last four decades have astronomers been able to study the Jovian moons in detail to reveal that the four—Io, […]