"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

Saturn runs rings around Jupiter Ratification of 128 new moons put the smaller gas giant way ahead on satellite count The ...

The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

If there was a contest for the most interesting moon in our solar system, Callisto would be a contender. Jupiter's ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

Europa is the sixth largest satellite in our Solar System and the smallest of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons. Discovered by ...

Europa, one of Jupiter’s intriguing moons, is hiding an ocean beneath its icy shell — an ocean that might harbor alien life.

Using data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter's highly volcanic moon Io in late 2023 and again in ...

Io’s long-debated magma ocean may not exist. Juno spacecraft data reveals that tidal forces deform the moon differently than ...

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io. Before Voyager 1 flew by Io, scientists believed the moon to be a dead world much like Earth's moon. The mission ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft identifies over 40 enormous lava lakes on Io, shedding light on the extreme volcanism sculpting Jupiter’s moon.

The Europa Clipper is expected to arrive at Jupiter in April 2030, where it will conduct extensive ... leveraging advanced instruments like radar and thermal imagers to study Europa's icy surface and ...