Fluorescent cave minerals are helping scientists explore how life could survive in harsh places like Europa. Far beneath ...

Scientists now believe that solar bursts hit the largest planet of our solar system two to three times a month.

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.

Big storms can strip some parts of Jupiter's atmosphere of ammonia, while leaving buried reservoirs of the gas elsewhere.

The next year of science on the James Webb Space Telescope has been announced amid mounting budgetary uncertainty that could ...

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What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) ...

Jupiter’s striking size, swirling gases, and dramatic bands in its atmosphere set it apart from every other planet. One of ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

In North America, the galaxy will become visible 41° above the north-eastern horizon at around 8:30 p.m. EDT, and continue ...

Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges ...

James Webb Space Telescope captures Neptune’s auroras, revealing new details about its atmosphere and magnetism.