When searching for the unknown, classic physics wisdom holds that a bigger detector boosts the chances of discovery. A ...

Large dark matter particles hitting Jupiter’s largest moon would form distinctive craters in its icy surface, and upcoming ...

The NASA spacecraft tasked with uncovering the secrets of Jupiter, king of the planets, is running out of time. The Juno ...

A new theoretical study proposes a radical idea in the search for dark matter—using the surface of Ganymede, Jupiter’s ...

Jupiter's four Galilean moons will line up in front of Jupiter in the early morning sky on Aug. 8. The predawn hours of Aug. 8 present a perfect opportunity to see Jupiter's four largest moons line up ...

The bright stars Castor and Pollux will be positioned to the left of the moon in the early morning hours of Aug. 19. Mercury, ...

Eleven times wider than Earth. Over 300 times more massive. And a million times more terrifying. Jupiter may look like a ...

While our solar system’s gas giants are far from the sun, the core of a gas giant is likely to be incredibly hot–Jupiter’s is estimated at around 43,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

NASA's $1.1 billion Juno mission is expected to take five years to reach Jupiter, if all goes well. It will be the first solar-powered spacecraft ever bound for Jupiter and is the first probe to ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists conducted lab experiments to address a mystery about the origins of frozen hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on Jupiter's icy moon Europa. Their results ...

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick ...