Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at 92—more moons than any other planet in our solar system.
Humanity has made great strides in exploring the deep mysteries of space.That's more than any other planet in our solar system. Saturn, the one-time leader, comes in a close second with 83 confirmed moons.
In April, the European Space Agency is sending a spacecraft to Jupiter to study the planet and some of its biggest, icy moons. And next year, NASA will launch the Europa Clipper to explore Jupiter's moon of the same name, which could harbor an ocean beneath its frozen crust. Jupiter and Saturn are loaded with small moons, believed to be fragments of once bigger moons that collided with one another or with comets or asteroids, Sheppard said. The same goes for Uranus and Neptune, but they're so distant that it makes moon-spotting even harder.
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