"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the ...

Jupiter steals the spotlight in January as it reaches its brightest and biggest appearance of the year. The month also ...

Thick, swirling clouds cover Jupiter from pole to pole. They hold water like Earth’s clouds, but at far greater density.

Far from Earth, a small robotic explorer has just delivered a surprise that planetary scientists have never seen up close ...

Jupiter's moon count reaches 95+ official satellites. Explore the history of the Jovian system, from Galileo to the latest NASA discoveries.

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

Amazing views of Jupiter over the years via the Hubble Space Telescope. The moons of Io, Ganymede and hazy Uranus can be ...

Saturn encounter, and the Beehive Cluster, as NASA highlights easy-to-see celestial events lighting up winter night skies.

Unlike earlier studies, which often examined chemistry and atmospheric motion separately, the new simulations combined both.

PASADENA, Calif. -- Launched by NASA in August 2011, the spacecraft Juno is set to arrive at Jupiter on July 4. Currently cartwheeling through space, once Juno gets close enough to Jupiter, it will ...

What processes are responsible for shaping Jupiter and Saturn’s polar weather? This is what a recent study published in the ...

On Jan. 10, 2026, Jupiter reaches opposition, the moment when Earth passes directly between the planet and the sun. It puts the planet at its brightest and best in 2026.