While Jupiter itself may seem like an inhospitable gas giant, its numerous moons offer some of the most promising,and ...

The full moon occurs on the 9th in the constellation of Aquarius — the Perseid meteor showers peak from August 11-13. Venus ...

An intruder from outer space is zooming through our solar system, and a spacecraft launched to study Jupiter can provide ...

Using the thermal equivalent of giving it a sharp whack, NASA repaired the camera of its Jupiter-orbiting Juno probe from 370 ...

NASA doesn’t usually fix cameras with a bake-and-pray routine, but Jupiter doesn’t usually give second chances. As Juno lined ...

A giant among giants Jupiter has a diameter almost eleven times that of the Earth at 88,846 miles (142,984 km) wide. It takes almost 12 years to complete one trip around the sun.

Jupiter is entering our night skies again after sunset — just in time for a project you can undertake in the coming months. All that’s required are a pair of handheld binoculars and some patience.

Since Jupiter was probably the first planet to form in the solar system it contains most of the gas and dust in it that isn’t now part of the Sun. As such, how much water is locked-up in Jupiter ...