Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in our solar system, should be widely visible for much of August in Florida and the United States.

On Aug. 5, 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on a mission to study Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. The ...

The planetary meet up between the two brightest planets in our solar system is known as the conjunction and takes place over ...

The apple of Loeb’s eye is a 6-12 mi.-wide rocky body discovered on July 1 with a telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, that is part of NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey ...

Highlights include a morning meetup between Jupiter and Venus, a chance to see the Perseid meteor shower, and a window into our own sun's destiny.

American space agency NASA says it used the gravity assist maneuver the Europa Clipper conducted back in March to test the ...

NASA’s twin Pioneer spacecraft and then two Voyagers swept past Jupiter in the 1970s. The Voyagers provided the first detailed photos of Europa but from quite a distance.

A NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to Jupiter's moon Io, coming within 930 miles of the "surface of the most volcanic world," and the space agency released new images of the flyby.

NASA says the spacecraft will fire its engines to enter orbit around Jupiter in April 2030. This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter.

A massive, fast-orbiting planet is inching closer to its star, and scientists now have direct evidence of its impending ...

Launched in October 2024, Europa Clipper is on a 1.8-billion-mile (2.9-billion-kilometer) journey to study Jupiter and its moons. On March 1, it flew within 550 miles (884 kilometers) of Mars' surface ...