This Christmas, in school assemblies and churches, the scene will be re-enacted thousands of times. Guided by a shining star, three kings from the East embark on an epic journey to pay their respects ...

"Jupiter didn't just become the biggest planet — it set the architecture for the whole inner solar system." Jupiter was shaping Earth's fate before our planet even existed, carving gaps in the early ...

The shocking findings were part of a recent study in which astronomers effectively peered back in time to discover what Jupiter was like in its early years. Jupiter is not only the largest in the ...

Far beyond the orbit of Jupiter, an icy wanderer has baffled astronomers for decades — erupting seemingly at random, flaring hundreds of times brighter in mere hours. Now, thanks to new data from the ...

A spacecraft that will study one of Jupiter’s moons launched Monday on a journey of more than six years to discover if the moon has the ability to support life. The solar-powered spacecraft Europa ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has returned new images of Jupiter after its 66th close flyby as it enters the final year of its mission. The $1 billion spacecraft completed its latest close flyby on Oct. 23, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WJW) – The last full moon of 2024 will rise ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft completed its 67th close approach to Jupiter on Nov. 25, 2024, sending back another tranche of data assembled into some spectacular images. Its latest perijove (close approach) ...