While performing its 17th flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft witnessed a volcanic plume erupting from the surface…
The largest planet in our Solar System also happens to be one of the most beautiful, as the Juno spacecraft’s latest…
Jupiter’s moon Europa, with its subsurface ocean, may have what it takes to foster alien life. A mission to this icy…
During its 15th flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a rare image of a Jovian “brown barge.” It’s not…
We’re up for a big week in the news, folks. There’s a lot going to happen, from Apple’s big September 12th announcement…
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NASA’s Galileo spacecraft surprised scientists when it revealed that Jupiter’s moon Ganymede generated its own magnetic…
Our Solar System has its own Hoth: Europa, the ice-covered Jovian moon where the existence of alien life hasn’t been…
Scientists announced that they have discovered 10 previously unknown moons orbiting Jupiter. This brings the gaseous…
Despite being wildly different from Earth in almost every way, Jupiter does feature some familiar phenomena—including…
Thank you, Juno spacecraft, for this glorious new image of Jupiter’s southernmost regions—and for reminding us of the…
As unearthly as it may be, Jupiter shares a phenomenon with our own planet that you might find very familiar: lightning…
The Juno spacecraft currently orbiting Jupiter was supposed end its mission by crashing into the gas giant next month.…
Sometimes, scientists have the answers all along—they just don’t think to ask the question. For example, it appears…
A mission that would sample plumes of gas shooting off of Jovian moon Europa appears to remain on track for a 2022…
A rock that formed in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter seems to have somehow traveled to the orbit of…
Our planet is in a remarkably circular orbit around the Sun, but as new research points out, Earth’s orbit sometimes…
This weekend I got to experience the dark skies over a nameless lake somewhere between Grand Forks, North Dakota and…
Twenty-two years ago, the Galileo spacecraft made its first flyby of Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. Scientists with…
Jupiter’s sandy swirls and blue-hued poles are visible even from Earth. But the Juno spacecraft’s crisp and colorful…
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