Jupiter

It is impossible to overstate how fascinating the secrets of space may be. The breathtaking images captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have persuaded us of that in just one year. But now, additional NASA spacecraft are joining the…

The NASA-launched Juno spacecraft reached a new milestone in its investigation of the Jovian system. The solar-powered spacecraft will pass the surface of Jupiter's moon Io at a distance of up to 35,500 kilometers during its closest…

The European Space Agency will send a huge mission to Jupiter as early as Thursday morning to examine some of the planet's most intriguing moons. The Jupiter Ice Moons Explorer, or JUICE, is the largest deep space mission launched by the…

Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in the sky, have been getting closer during the previous few weeks. This night-sky dance will reach a climax after sunset this coming Wednesday and Thursday when the two planets will appear to be…

Due to the fact that it is the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter has already earned its place as the king of the planets. Twelve new moons have been discovered around Jupiter, raising the total number of known moons to 92.…

The surface of Jupiter innermost moon is covered with hot lava lakes and hundreds of active volcanoes, some of which spew molten rock hundreds of kilometers high. Numerous planetary scientists have been drawn to the moon's restless,…

Exoplanets weren't even known when the James Webb Space Telescope was first conceived. The observatory is currently demonstrating to astronomers what it has discovered about planets orbiting other stars, even the smaller ones. James…

The quest of the Kepler telescope to discover exoplanets by studying their transits in front of their home stars began in 2009.  First dismissed as a false alarm, astronomer Ashley Chontos and her colleagues revealed in 2019 that the…