For instance, the Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode relatively recently as scientists worked on remedying some ...

Catch two transits of Io, spot sparkling star clusters, and view Mars at aphelion while the April Full Moon lights the sky this week.

Jupiter’s striking size, swirling gases, and dramatic bands in its atmosphere set it apart from every other planet. One of ...

These new discoveries cement Saturn’s place as the winner of the Solar System’s moon competition, with more confirmed moons ...

Astrobiologist Joshua Sebree of the University of Northern Iowa suggests that South Dakota's Wind Cave exhibits chemical similarities to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.

Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based on current research, which constan ...

Scientists now believe that solar bursts hit the largest planet of our solar system two to three times a month.

Even the icy planets in our solar system such as Neptune, Uranus or Jupiter's moon Europa, might have harboured plastic ice VII. A rare celestial event featuring seven planets—Mercury ...

These spectacular lights resemble those seen on Earth, where they're generated when energetic particles interact with our planet's magnetic field, but Jupiter's auroras are believed to proceed ...

"The solar wind squished Jupiter's magnetic shield like a giant squash ball. This created a super-hot region that spans half ...

Jupiter’s four largest moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were the first ever discovered orbiting another planet. They were spotted by Galileo Galilei more than 400 years ago ...