I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

Explore NASA's cancelled Europa mission and learn why Europa is a key target in the search for extraterrestrial life.

A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

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An illustration of Jupiter with magnetic field lines emitting from its poles. Credit: K. Batygin Jupiter wasn’t always the planet we know today—it was once twice as big, had a magnetic field 50 times ...

Brent Humphreys Jupiter guards secrets about the early solar system,” says Scott Bolton, standing in the cavernous and dimly lit mission control room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pas ...

"The instrument is working fabulously, and we're excited about its ability to make new discoveries once we get to Jupiter." NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manages the Europa Clipper ...

"The instrument is working fabulously, and we're excited about its ability to make new discoveries once we get to Jupiter." NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manages the Europa Clipper ...

These observations of Jupiter’s auroras (shown on the left of the above image) at 3.36 microns (F335M) were captured with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on December ...

If you thought the flickering green and red auroras of Earth were spectacular, that's nothing compared to Jupiter. New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that the ...

These observations of Jupiter’s auroras (shown on the left of the above image) were captured with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera on December 25, 2023. NASA ...