Earlier this year, astronomers spotted a mysterious interstellar object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, hurtling through the solar system ...

Highlights include a morning meetup between Jupiter and Venus, a chance to see the Perseid meteor shower, and a window into ...

Instead, scientists are looking into existing spacecraft already in orbit around other planets. Harvard Professor Avi Loeb ...

Venus and Jupiter will meet in a conjunction in the early morning hours of Aug. 12. Here's everything you need to know to ...

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 ...

Here's everything to know about NASA's latest findings, announced Tuesday, April 29. More about Io: Jupiter moon of Io is famed for its volcanoes. NASA just spotted the most powerful one yet ...

NASA’s twin Pioneer spacecraft and then two Voyagers swept past Jupiter in the 1970s. The Voyagers provided the first detailed photos of Europa but from quite a distance.

A NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to Jupiter's moon Io, coming within 930 miles of the "surface of the most volcanic world," and the space agency released new images of the flyby.

(NASA is virtually certain it won’t find fish people, but that hasn’t stopped scientists from dreaming.) Previous missions to Jupiter have given scientists a rough sketch of the moon, but ...

Key Takeaways: NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, headed to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024, will carry a laser-etched message that celebrates humanity’s connection to water.

Jupiter's moon Io—a volcano world orbiting the planet once every 42 hours—casts its shadow on the Jovian clouds in this image from NASA's Juno spacecraft.

According to NASA, the Juno mission spacecraft began its five-year journey to explore Jupiter in August 2011 and first arrived on the planet in July 2016. Now in its extended mission, the ...