Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show how Jupiter reacts to its moons through auroral footprints, plasma interactions, and rapid electron flows detected in infrared measurements.

New research suggests that Jupiter’s icy moons may have formed with complex organic molecules already embedded in their building blocks.

Jupiter’s icy moons may have been seeded with the chemical ingredients for life from the very beginning. An international ...

“Our findings suggest that Jupiter’s moons did not form as chemically pristine worlds,” Mousis said. “Instead, they may have accreted, or accumulated, a significant inventory of COMs at birth, ...