Wondering what there is to love about Jupiter? The Jovian giant has many reasons that are worthy of your affection, whether ...

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based ...

From this route, the resulting exoplanet would be expected to share roughly the same composition as its parent star. ‘The ...

Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is investigating the Flame Nebula, hunting for "failed stars" to better understand how brown ...

After that it should be smooth sailing out to Jupiter. The Europa Clipper is packed with a total of nine instruments (including radars, magnetometers, sensors, a thermal instrument, and a gravity ...

Europa, one of Jupiter’s intriguing moons, is hiding an ocean beneath its icy shell — an ocean that might harbor alien life. NASA's Europa Clipper mission is on a quest to investigate whether the ...

The probe's destination is Europa, a moon of Jupiter coated with a shell of ice ... will allow the spacecraft to harness the planet's gravity without expending additional propellant.

"We come in very fast, and the gravity from Mars acts on the spacecraft ... with arrival at the Jupiter system planned for April 2030.