NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has its next target in its sights: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. Currently 45 million miles (70 million kilometers) ...

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Jupiter were seen by NASA's Solar TErrestrial Relations Observatory-A (STEREO-A). Credit: Space.com | NASA STEREO | edited by Steve Spaleta Elon Musk uncovers limestone ...

This image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures several storms in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere (Figure A). Titanic blasts created by the impacts of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments left Jupiter with ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

Add the Jupiter crash of comet Shoemaker-Levy in 1994, Halley's most recent visit in 1986, vivid comet West in 1976, and the scientifically signifiant—if visually disappointing—Kohoutek in ...

Astronomers immediately became excited about the comet because it appeared to be unusually bright—even when it was still well outside Jupiter's orbit. Careful analysis of a Hubble Space ...

in the constellation Cassiopeia and Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, which orbits between Jupiter and Neptune. Here’s when you’ll see the next full moon, comets constellations and more.

Also, Jupiter has 95 moons revolving around it, alongside the planet as it travels through space. This gas giant is a ...

Researchers believe these comets originate from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Their behavior raises questions about their composition, particularly their potential to harbor ...

Tuesday, April 9: 2% lit crescent below Jupiter, with comet 12P/Pons-Brooks between them. The crescent moon that ends Ramadan and begins Eid is known as the “Shawwal Moon” since it begins the ...