"It's like a game of billiards around the solar system, flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to ...

An international team of researchers has discovered that variations in brightness must be the result of complex weather, ...

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself towards Jupiter's smallest moon later this ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper is using Mars and Earth’s gravity to travel efficiently to Jupiter. The spacecraft will study Europa’s ...

Callisto, the third largest moon in the entire solar system, orbits Jupiter from about 1.2 million miles away. The rocky ...

An international team of researchers has discovered that previously observed variations in brightness of a free-floating ...

Heads up, skywatchers: a planet alignment is up for viewing this weekend, with Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars all visible ...

The first major event of Europa Clipper's journey to Jupiter takes place this weekend as a gravity assist maneuver around the ...

After Friday's spectacle, a "planet parade" of this size won't appear in the night sky for several years, experts say.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot in 2023 and 2024. Credit: NASA, ESA, J.