Ganymede's auroras splinter into small, bright patches — structures that mirror features seen in Earth's own auroral displays ...

Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, produces auroras like Earth’s. New data from Juno reveals surprising details about its ...

An aging spacecraft more than a decade into its mission may soon undertake one of the most ambitious maneuvers in modern space exploration. According to a detailed study published on arXiv, a team of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An enhanced-color image, using raw data from the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft, shows the planet Jupiter, with ...

You have likely heard Europa described as one of the most promising places to search for life beyond Earth. The icy moon of Jupiter holds a global ocean beneath its frozen surface, along with the ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- Launched by NASA in August 2011, the spacecraft Juno is set to arrive at Jupiter on July 4. Currently cartwheeling through space, once Juno gets close enough to Jupiter, it will ...

Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system, is not as big as we thought. For more than half-a-century, astronomers thought they had a good idea of the gas giant's shape and size. Now, a fresh ...

New spacecraft data from Pioneer, Voyager and Juno show that Jupiter is slightly smaller and more flattened than earlier estimates, refining the planet’s measured size and shape.

On 1979, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft took the first photos of rings around Jupiter. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on ...

New infrared images showcase "fire-breathing" lakes all across the surface of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...