The first exoplanet ever discovered in 1995 was what we now call a "hot Jupiter," a planet as massive as Jupiter with an ...

An eye-catching pattern on the surface of Europa, an ice-covered moon, may have profound implications for our understanding ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to discover that a distant "hot Jupiter" planet has two ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is cutting across the solar system on a trajectory that does not quite match expectations, threading past the giant planets in a way that has planetary scientists recalculating what ...

How did Jupiter’s formation shape the solar system, and specifically Earth’s orbit? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has returned new images of Jupiter after its 66th close flyby as it enters the final year of its mission. The $1 billion spacecraft completed its latest close flyby on Oct. 23, ...

Jupiter, the giant of our Solar System, hosts nearly 100 moons. Discover some of Jupiter moons with unique characteristics to explore.

The U.S. government shut down the same day Juno's last mission extension expired. NASA's spinning spacecraft studying the satellites of the solar system's largest celestial body (aside from the sun), ...

From a death swirl into Jupiter to "Ghost Riders in the Sky," here are some of the most exciting space missions coming in 2025. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Jupiter's four Galilean moons will line up in front of Jupiter in the early morning sky on Aug. 8. The predawn hours of Aug. 8 present a perfect opportunity to see Jupiter's four largest moons line up ...