Jupiter’s icy moons may have been seeded with the chemical ingredients for life from the very beginning. An international ...

Hundreds of people who love the little planet that was dissed, gather every year in the Arizona town where Pluto was discovered. They celebrate scientific discovery, history and our solar system’s ...

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

The next planetary alignments will happen in 2026. Here are the dates: April 18, 2026: a small morning alignment of Saturn, Mars, Mercury and Neptune. May 12, 2026: a mini evening alignment of Mercury ...

Astronomy enthusiasts and casual skywatchers alike have a reason to look up this February. On the evening of February 28, a ...

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.

New research suggests that Jupiter’s icy moons may have formed with complex organic molecules already embedded in their building blocks.

Southwest Research Institute was part of an international team that demonstrated how complex organic molecules (COMs), key ...

“Our findings suggest that Jupiter’s moons did not form as chemically pristine worlds,” Mousis said. “Instead, they may have accreted, or accumulated, a significant inventory of COMs at birth, ...

Stargazers will soon have an opportunity to view six planets in alignment in the night sky, according to NASA. Mercury, Venus ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new exoplanet orbiting a distant star known as TIC-65910228. The newfound alien world ...