NASA’s Juno spacecraft has returned new images of Jupiter after its 66th close flyby as it enters the final year of its ...

On 5, 2002, NASA's old Galileo spacecraft was almost out of fuel. But the Jupiter mission still had some science to do. ‘On ...

On Oct. 14, 2024, NASA launched a robotic spacecraft named Europa Clipper to Jupiter’s moons. Clipper will reach the ...

How many moons does Jupiter have? Scientists have discovered dozens of them, but the answer may be more complicated than it ...

Just five of Jupiter's moons—Amalthea, Io, Europe, Ganymede and Callisto—are large enough or close enough to the planet to eclipse the sun. Because of the low tilts of the moons' orbits ...

Europa passes through Jupiter’s bands of radiation as it orbits the gas giant, making it especially menacing for spacecraft. That’s why Clipper’s electronics are inside a vault with dense ...

This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft as it orbits Jupiter and passes over the gas giant’s ...

and NASA researchers designed the spacecraft's orbits to limit exposure to the most radiation-heavy areas around Jupiter. If successful, the agency reports the mission will end in June 2034.

Europa passes through Jupiter’s bands of radiation as it orbits the gas giant, making it especially menacing for spacecraft.

In essence, Jupiter's gravity stretches and releases Europa's icy shell during the moon's elliptical orbit around the planet.

Sep. 27, 2024 — A crater-rich dwarf planet named Ceres located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter was long thought to be composed of a materials mixture not ...

It won't land, but the robotic spacecraft will fly as close as 16 miles to the moon's frozen surface to probe oceans of ...