Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about ...

New research suggests there may be a narrow window of possibility for life to persist on the icy moons of the outer solar ...

During the red giant phase, both the Sun and Jupiter will shine brighter and become hotter. However, its moon Europa is ...

Jupiter will soon end its brilliant year-long showing on consecutive evenings with a rendezvous with an exceedingly thin and very young crescent moon. Indeed, for the first opportunity on Tuesday ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft made a close flyby of Jupiter moon lo. See an animation of the images the probe captured created by ...

The King of the Planets teams up with an exceedingly narrow crescent moon for the last time this year in the evening sky on May 27. Jupiter will soon end its brilliant year-long showing on ...

The Moon passes 5° north of Jupiter at 9 A.M. EDT. Just six percent illuminated by this evening, you can try to spot the young crescent Moon hanging above the gas giant in the western sky after ...

Look for Jupiter to the upper left of the crescent. Since the waxing moon follows the sun, the best time to find it is starting about 30 minutes after sunset low in the northwestern sky.

Io, one of the most fascinating moons in our solar system, continues to mystify scientists with its intense volcanic activity ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik Jupiter, the ...

A series of experiments support spectral data recently collected by the James Webb Space Telescope that found evidence that the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa is constantly changing.

While Io is among the most well-known of Jupiter's 95 moons, the duo instead studied two tiny moons Amalthea and Thebe to reach their conclusions. The celestial objects are so small, they're not ...