Jupiter is known as the king of gods in Roman mythology and, at the time of their empire, was the ultimate symbol of power, ...

Zeus and other ancient gods from various mythologies may be rooted in earlier Proto-Indo-European beliefs in a "sky father" ...

In Roman mythology, Saturn is the father of Jupiter, so the new planet used the Greek name for Saturn's father - Uranus. When another new planet was announced almost 100 years later, it was named ...

The big three The three most important gods were Jupiter (protector of the ... In the same way, the Persian god Mithras was popular with the Roman legions – many of whose soldiers had served ...

it's not going to be a happy reunion It has become tradition to name newly discovered Jupiter moons after the many girlfriends and boyfriends of the Roman god (when astronomers ran out of ...

Natalia Lockley A gold plaque etched with Greek letters has been found at an ancient Roman fortress in Georgia. Archaeologists think it’s an offering to Jupiter Dolichenus, a god revered by ...

These stories are called myths. According to one ancient Roman myth, Jupiter was the top god. He had two brothers and three sisters. The three boys got to divide up the world, with Jupiter getting ...

When the Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter earlier this week, it carried with it three tiny passengers: Lego figurines of the Roman god Jupiter, his wife Juno, and Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei.