From gravel-size meteoroids to mountain-size asteroids and even visitors from other star systems, space is packed with ...

The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has successfully completed its initial commissioning following the October 14, 2024, launch. Scheduled to arrive in the ...

The glowing veils of the aurora appear regularly in the sky above Earth and make for great images, but capturing this phenomenon on other planets has always been more of a challenge. Recent ...

NASA's Europa Clipper, en route to Jupiter’s moon Europa, captured infrared images of Mars during a gravity-assist flyby to ...

The data revealed that gas from HW2's accretion disk is collapsing inward at breakneck speed, feeding the star at an ...

This week, an old astronomical controversy is renewed as researchers present new evidence for a hidden "Planet X" in our solar system.

Europa Clipper tested its infrared camera during a Mars flyby, preparing for its 2030 mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa.

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that auroras on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter ...

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, en route to Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa, recently captured a ghostly infrared portrait ...

Scientists have observed vast auroras on another planet. The dancing lights observed on Jupiter are hundreds of times ...

The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which operates the Webb and Hubble telescopes, released a video of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jupiter’s dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth, new images from the ...