Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 10: Spot Ceres in Cetus Last week, Io and Europa took a trip together across Jupiter, transiting the planet with ...
After nearly 10 years, NASA’s Jupiter explorer Juno is likely no longer operating with its latest mission extension ending during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.
The early solar system is still a bit of a mystery to scientists, but the secret to learning Jupiter's origins might be ...
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies a ring-shaped region called the asteroid belt, home to the vast majority of our ...
Just as Earth orbits the sun, most planets discovered beyond our solar system orbit a host star. But some are out there all ...
Comets SWAN and Lemmon will both swing by Earth and appear bright in the sky near the end of October. Here’s how to see them.
A recent study found that the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is gradually shedding mass over time. This region was ...
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...
The case for a newborn ocean on Saturn's moon Mimas continues to build.
NASA’s Juno probe, which revealed new details about Jupiter’s atmosphere and storms, may have stopped transmitting data after years of exploration.
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be out of view of Earth, but orbiters on Mars were able to recently get a look at it.