Jupiter

And yet, defiantly, these alien seas remain liquid.A Mirror-Wrapped OceanScientists suspect that a handful of moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn—and maybe even some spinning around Uranus and Neptune—harbor oceans. Hefty Ganymede and…

At first glance, you might think you’re looking at a slide under a microscope rather than an image of an ice coated world. In reality however, this view covers 93 miles (150 km) by 125 miles (200 km) of Europa’s frozen landscape,…

Mila Kunis had a feeling one of her past movies wouldn't be a hit. The Luckiest Girl Alive actress, 39, spoke to Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast about 2015's Jupiter Ascending, which she starred in alongside Channing…

NASA’s Juno spacecraft just made the closest flyby of Jupiter’s moon, Europa, in over two decades. Juno swept within 219 miles (352 kilometers) of the icy world on Thursday, Sept. 29. The pass was only a mile shy of the closest visit on…

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The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all.Scientists released the shots Monday of the solar system’s biggest planet.The James Webb space telescope took the photos in July,…

A flexible flight plan On Aug. 27, 2016, Juno experienced its first close approach of Jupiter, or perijove, sweeping just 2,600 miles (4,200 km) above Jupiter’s clouds, closer than any spacecraft in history. This flyby provided our…

Wednesday, July 27 Asteroids are numbered in order of their discovery, so it makes sense that those with the lowest numbers must be brightest and easiest to see. This month, though, is your chance to hit one of the high numbers: 387…

This image released by Random House Children’s Books shows "Remember" by U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo and Michaela Goade. (Random House Children’s Books via AP)This image released by Random House Children’s Books shows "Remember" by U.S.…

A multitude of swirling clouds in Jupiter’s dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Credit: Enhanced image by Gerald Eichstädt and Sean Doran (CC BY-NC-SA) based on images provided…