The tiny pebbles left over from a star's formation fed the growth of one of the strangest, wildest worlds humanity has ever ...

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

Jupiter joins Mercury in early twilight as Mars lingers with Leo after dark. Saturn is visible in the morning, meeting ...

“We could have detected this galaxy even if it were 10 times fainter, which means that we could see other examples yet ...

With an atmosphere, by mass, of primarily hydrogen (76 per cent) and helium (24 per cent), and by volume of 89 per cent ...

Scientists say they’ve seen ammonia emitted from penguin poop result in the creation of fog. The clouds created may be ...

Scientists are analysing the smells of space – from the aroma onboard space stations to planets hundreds of light years away ...

Naturally, the aurora on our solar system's largest planet is hundreds of times brighter and more energetic than our own Northern lights.

Recent calculations suggest that Jupiter, our solar system's largest planet, was once more than double its current size.

The researchers were trying to see deeper into Jupiter's atmosphere to understand what was happening beneath the swirling clouds that we are used to seeing from far away. "We're basically showing ...

The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which operates the Webb and Hubble telescopes, released a video of Jupiter's tempestuous roiling auroras, which you can watch above.

JunoCam, the visible light imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft, captured this view of Jupiter's northern high latitudes during the spacecraft's 69th flyby of the giant planet on Jan. 28, 2025.