NASA's recent flybys of Io, however, reveal that it likely doesn't contain a global magma ocean beneath its surface, as ...

German astronomer Simon Marius is best remembered for his disputes with Galileo Galilei over priority for discovering Jupiter ...

The Cold Moon — the 12th and final full moon of 2024 — will rise on Sunday (Dec. 15). It will ascend higher into the night ...

The #LucyMission will perform its 2nd Earth-gravity assist on Dec. 12, putting it on a new course toward its first Trojan ...

On Dec. 12, at 11:15 p.m. EST, NASA's Lucy spacecraft, currently in a two-year orbit around the sun, will skim Earth's ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will perform a close flyby of Earth on December 12, utilizing a gravity assist to adjust its ...

As its name suggests, the mission’s target is Europa, one of the biggest of Jupiter’s 95 known moons ... and Triton, the ...

Hundreds of volcanoes and lava lakes on Jupiter’s moon Io are likely powered in the same way as Earth’s volcanoes.

The December Cold Moon is due to light up the night skies this week. It will appear largest at 4:01 a.m. ET on Sunday, December 15, and marks the final full moon of the year. The Cold Moon is the name ...

Jupiter’s poles have long been a focus of intrigue for planetary scientists. Recent studies have uncovered massive dark ...

Would it be possible one day for astronauts to walk on other planets? As the next planet out from Mars, could a Jupiter walk ...

The spacecraft is rapidly approaching our planet at high speed and will use Earth’s gravitational pull to gain a fair bit of ...