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 ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot in 2023 and 2024. Credit: NASA, ESA, J.

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 ...

Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in our solar system, should be widely visible for much of August in the northern hemisphere.

American space agency NASA says it used the gravity assist maneuver the Europa Clipper conducted back in March to test the ...

A massive, fast-orbiting planet is inching closer to its star, and scientists now have direct evidence of its impending ...

On Aug. 5, 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on a mission to study Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. The ...

Built by Lockheed Martin and operated by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Juno launched from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 5, 2011, ...

On the early morning of August 8, Jupiter's four largest moons will align, offering a spectacular view for stargazers in the U.S.

Launched in October 2024, Europa Clipper is on a 1.8-billion-mile (2.9-billion-kilometer) journey to study Jupiter and its moons. On March 1, it flew within 550 miles (884 kilometers) of Mars' surface ...