Orbiting just 68,000 miles (110,000 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloudtops, the giant planet’s inner moon Amalthea has a density less than water, says a team of planetary scientists. The finding, ...

Nasa’s Juno spacecraft has once again provided us with breathtaking images, this time capturing the tiny moon Amalthea passing in front of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The images, taken during Juno’s ...

Amalthea is a rubble pile moon that sports a curiously red surface and an anomalous energy budget. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

Do you sometimes forget the Jupiter has a lot more than a handful of major moons? It's not hard to, considering the media only ever seem to talk about four of them. But recently, a little Jovian moon ...

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The tiny moon, Amalthea, can be seen orbiting the gas giant against a backdrop of its famous Great Red Spot, but you'll need to squint. Reading time 2 minutes Oh, there it is. Jupiter’s unassuming ...

according to NASA, Amalthea has a potato-like shape. NASA's Juno Spacecraft recently spotted the mysterious fifth moon of Jupiter during its 59th close flyby of the giant planet earlier this year.

NASA’s Juno mission captured these views of Jupiter during its 59th close flyby of the giant planet on March 7, 2024. They provide a good look at Jupiter’s colorful belts and swirling storms, ...

be used during this flyby in order to concentrate resources on higher priority research, such as the gravity measurements. Knowing Amalthea’s density might help pin down whether the origin of moons ...

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Jupiter's potato-shaped inner moon Amalthea is so surprisingly light that scientists suspect it is made up of loose rubble and ice riddled with holes. New measurements of the small moon, taken in a ...

Jupiter’s innermost moon Amalthea is a mass of icy rubble that could not have formed as close to the planet as its present orbit. A new analysis does not pinpoint its true origin, but does indicate ...