The two-hour documentary is a fascinating look into the science, the engineering, and the challenges of constructing Europe’s biggest mission yet: The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer. When you purchase ...

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft flew past Jupiter 45 years ago, capturing iconic footage. The Voyager probe's movie of Jupiter made history, revealing the planet like never before. See how those images ...

Jupiter is already the biggest planet by far in our solar system, but new research suggests it was somehow once even larger than it is now. Twice as large, in fact. To put that into context, those ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand new cold "super Jupiter" exoplanet, marking the closest of its kind ever found to us. The new planet, named Eps Ind Ab, orbits a star called Epsilon Indi A, only ...

There are 79 known moons of Jupiter. What if we move Earth into its orbit too? How would Jupiter's super-strong gravity ...

A newly discovered star system is breaking records — and helping scientists unravel the mysteries of an extreme type of planet known as hot Jupiters. In a paper published Aug. 14 in the journal Nature ...

The impacts that started on July 16, 1994 ended on July 22, 1994, were captured by NASA’s Galileo orbiter that was enroute to ...

WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - The planet known as HD 189733b, discovered in 2005, already had a reputation as a rather extreme place, a scorching hot gas giant a bit larger than Jupiter that is a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Mars and Jupiter will give sky watchers an optical illusion this week as they reach the minimum amount of separation in their orbits. On Wednesday, the two planets, the fourth ...

If you happen to be out after sunset this weekend, look up for a Halloween treat: Big, bright Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, will be visible very near the full Hunter’s Moon. The ...