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    Here's why Jupiter's tally of moons keeps going up and up

    The first astronomer to discover moons around Jupiter was Galileo, back in the year 1610, but astronomers are still finding more and more moons around this gas giant.
    by Nell Greenfieldboyce Feb 09, 2023 3 minutes
    This composite was made with images from NASA's Juno mission and shows the shadow on Jupiter cast by Io, one of its many moons.

    Scientists have spotted 12 more moons around Jupiter, adding to an already-huge number that just seems to grow and grow.

    There's so many moons around this gas giant planet that astronomer Scott Sheppard struggles to keep track.

    "With this new haul, we're up to, I believe, 92 ... actually, I have to check that," he says, leaning over to type into his computer at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth and Planets Laboratory in Washington, DC. " Yeah, so 92 is the

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