Comet 3I/ATLAS is cutting across the solar system on a trajectory that does not quite match expectations, threading past the ...
NASA’s Juno spacecraft completed its 67th close approach to Jupiter on Nov. 25, 2024, sending back another tranche of data assembled into some spectacular images. Its latest perijove (close approach) ...
Study examines 3I/ATLAS’s closest approach to Jupiter on March 16, 2026, showing its distance aligns with Jupiter’s Hill ...
How did Jupiter’s formation shape the solar system, and specifically Earth’s orbit? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the ...
A massive, fast-orbiting planet is inching closer to its star, and scientists now have direct evidence of its impending demise. It could disintegrate, burn up, or be stripped bare, offering rare clues ...
The U.S. government shut down the same day Juno's last mission extension expired. NASA's spinning spacecraft studying the satellites of the solar system's largest celestial body (aside from the sun), ...
The cosmos rarely offers precise coincidences without a hidden cause. As the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS cuts a path ...
From a death swirl into Jupiter to "Ghost Riders in the Sky," here are some of the most exciting space missions coming in 2025. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
Jupiter's four Galilean moons will line up in front of Jupiter in the early morning sky on Aug. 8. The predawn hours of Aug. 8 present a perfect opportunity to see Jupiter's four largest moons line up ...
A recent discovery of a unique exoplanet continues to challenge our understanding of solar system dynamics as a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal discusses the discovery and ...