Tag: Europa

• Io and Europa: Jovian Occultations from August 19th to 30th

  Today we are going to be looking at the moons of Jupiter from a couple of specific locations. Importantly, we are now past the solar eclipse. I hope many of you got to see the solar eclipse on August 12th. If you didn’t get to see the solar eclipse, I hope you at least saw…

  Caoimhín de Bhailís

  August 13, 2026

  Astronomy, Astronomy Video

  2026, Astronomy, August, close conjunction, conjunction, Europa, galilean, io, jovian, jupiter, melanesia, moon, occultation, partial, planets, polynesia, science, space, stargazing, video, west africa

• Icy Moons: What, Where and Why do we Care?

  Recently, we took a look at the difference between the gas giants like Saturn and Jupiter and the ice giants like Neptune and Uranus. Today, we are going to look at something else icy: icy moons. We already passed by an icy moon in the ice giant video, Triton, Neptune’s largest moon. Triton is tough…

  Caoimhín de Bhailís

  June 6, 2024

  Astronomy, Astronomy Video

  aliens, Astronomy, Europa, jupiter, life, moon, planets, saturn, science, space, stars, video