In early November 2024, a photograph purportedly released by NASA and showing a detailed view of Jupiter circulated on social media. "NASA Just Dropped Some of the Sharpest Images of Jupiter to Date," ...

On its 66th close flyby of Jupiter recently, the Juno spacecraft of NASA presented stunning pictures of Jupiter's violent storms and its unusual moon, Amalthea, which is also called the "potato moon".

Besides Earth itself, Mars is the most-studied planet in the solar system. One reason for the abundance of probes and landers, of course, is that Mars is relatively close. Another is that Mars appears ...

Jupiter and its moons are a diverse and dynamic subdivision of our solar system’s neighborhood, one that NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been visiting since 2016. Besides hosting the system’s largest ...

On April 18, 2024, a photograph was shared to X (formerly Twitter), allegedly showing a close-up photograph of Jupiter. "Using my Nikon Z 8, I captured this amazing shot of Jupiter," the post read.

Well that didn't take long. The Juno spacecraft sent back the first image of Jupiter this week. The image shows atmospheric features on Jupiter, including the famous Great Red Spot, and three of the ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured stunning images of dancing lights, called auroras, on Jupiter. Similar to the Northern Lights we see on Earth, these are a hundred times brighter ...

Every night is a good night to look through a telescope (provided it’s not cloudy), but if you’re looking for an excuse, Jupiter is lining itself up for some candid closeups. At its farthest point, ...

Just 4.3 light years from Earth lies a star called Alpha Centauri A, which is famous for being the nearest star that resembles our own Sun. In the popular Avatar movies, this star's system is home to ...