On March 5, while journeying through the boundless and compassionate sign of Pisces, the sun will meet with expansive Jupiter ...

Discover the rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, captured by a Jupiter-bound spacecraft. Learn how this visitor from outside ...

North East researchers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unexpectedly complex behaviour in Jupiter’s northern lights.

North East researchers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unexpectedly complex behaviour in Jupiter’s northern lights.

A book from 1551 that was owned by Galileo has been found. Ptolemy’s Almagest has some notes written in a corner, which gave ...

From the Boston Massacre to the 'Iron Curtain' speech and the death of Joseph Stalin, explore the pivotal historical events ...

The tiny nucleus of the comet (not visible) is surrounded by a bright halo of gas known as the coma. A long tail stretches away from the comet, and we see hints of rays, jets, streams and filaments.

Estimating things that exist is generally easy, but when it comes to estimating things that do not exist, it's more difficult. This is something physicists from Poland and the UK are well aware of. To ...

What happens when a solar superstorm hits Mars? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Mars orbiters, we now know: glitching spacecraft and a supercharged upper atmosphere.

Using the NIRSpec data, planetary scientists measured the physical properties of the auroral footprints of Jupiter’s two innermost Galilean moons, Io and Europa, including the local temperature and ...

Who’s ready for a “planet parade”? The last planetary alignment was in August 2025, when six planets aligned and four were bright enough to be seen without a telescope. Next week, Mercury, Venus, ...

During a 22-hour observing session in September 2023, the team scanned around the edge of Jupiter as the northern lights ...