December 22, 2024

On This Day in Space! Jan. 7, 1610: Galileo discovers 3 moons of Jupiter

The 4 Galilean moons from left to right: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. (Image credit: NASA/JPL/DLR) The next day, Galileo looked again and saw the 3 stars were not where he believed they d be. Still not sufficient space?