The solar system's largest moon, Ganymede, which orbits the largest planet, Jupiter, was hit by an asteroid four billion years ago that shifted the gas giant's satellite on its axis, new research ...

Ganymede is Jupiter's third-closest major moon, orbiting the gas giant roughly once every seven days. It has a diameter of 3,270 miles (5,260 kilometers), according to NASA, making it the most ...

A new study revealed that a massive asteroid may have hit Jupiter’s moon Ganymede about 4 billion years ago, shifting the ...

A colossal asteroid slammed into Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede with so much power it dramatically and permanently reoriented the moon roughly 4 billion years ago, new research suggests.

(CNN) — Jupiter’s moon Ganymede may have shifted on its axis when a massive asteroid smashed into it about 4 billion years ago, according to a new study. Ganymede, the largest moon in the ...

Jupiter’s moon Europa was captured by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during ... [+] the mission’s close flyby on Sept. 29, 2022. The images show the fractures ...

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