In a mission that changed our understanding of gas giants, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft made history not just in orbit but also in its dramatic descent into Jupiter’s atmosphere. Launched in October 1989 ...

On July 30, 1610, the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei became the first to observe rings around the planet Saturn. Shortly ...

A solar system model may soon stretch across New Milford to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope that unveiled a heavenly mystery. Like an exuberant school boy, amateur ...

Dr Friend explains the latest theory that shows Galileo was not 100 percent right. He continues: “The Sun isn’t exactly at the gravitational centre of the Solar System.

On April 23, NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System, or ACS3, launched to orbit aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket. A few months later, on August 29, NASA confirmed that the ACS3 solar ...

At the end of August, scientists will get their closest look ever at the largest planet in our solar system. Their emissary is Juno, a spacecraft the size of a basketball court that settled into ...