For decades, our solar system was thought to have nine planets, with Pluto considered the smallest and farthest. But in 2006, ...

Jupiter, roughly 562 million miles from Earth today, has nearly 100 moons. But Batygin and his collaborator Fred Adams' research focused on two of the smaller ones, Amalthea and Thebe. Both are inside ...

A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

NASA’s IMAP mission will study the heliosphere to understand solar wind and space weather, launching in fall 2025 from ...

American space agency NASA announced the Dragonfly quadcopter that will be sent to Titan will target the Selk crater on ...

Jupiter wasn’t always the planet we know today—it was once twice as big, had a magnetic field 50 times stronger, and its ...

Hunting for the building blocks of life? Located in the asteroid belt, Ceres is likely a good bet, study finds ...

A pair of researchers in astrophysics claim the data sheds new light on Jupiter’s role in shaping the early solar system and ...

Speed is one of the most vital factors in space missions. To reach distant planets, study the Sun, or escape Earth’s gravity, ...

PUNCH’s vibrant first images reveal the solar wind in a whole new light — literally. This ambitious NASA mission is set to ...