"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the ...

Jupiter steals the spotlight in January as it reaches its brightest and biggest appearance of the year. The month also ...

Amazing views of Jupiter over the years via the Hubble Space Telescope. The moons of Io, Ganymede and hazy Uranus can be ...

Far from Earth, a small robotic explorer has just delivered a surprise that planetary scientists have never seen up close ...

Thick, swirling clouds cover Jupiter from pole to pole. They hold water like Earth’s clouds, but at far greater density.

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

Saturn encounter, and the Beehive Cluster, as NASA highlights easy-to-see celestial events lighting up winter night skies.

Jupiter's moon count reaches 95+ official satellites. Explore the history of the Jovian system, from Galileo to the latest NASA discoveries.

On Saturday night, Jupiter will become in perfect alignment with the Earth and Sun causing the planet to appear the biggest ...

Unlike earlier studies, which often examined chemistry and atmospheric motion separately, the new simulations combined both.

On Jan. 10, 2026, Jupiter reaches opposition, the moment when Earth passes directly between the planet and the sun. It puts the planet at its brightest and best in 2026.

PASADENA, Calif. -- Launched by NASA in August 2011, the spacecraft Juno is set to arrive at Jupiter on July 4. Currently cartwheeling through space, once Juno gets close enough to Jupiter, it will ...