Jupiter’s moons, such as Io and Europa, could produce striking solar eclipses on the planet. These phenomena illustrate the ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) JUICE spacecraft launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in April 2023. The ...

Jupiter's moons resemble little moons! Do they orbit in a regular pattern, similar to how the Moon orbits the Earth? Today, ...

We already know a decent amount about how planets form, but moon formation is another process entirely, and one we're not as ...

ESA engineers worked through the night to troubleshoot an ill-fated software bug that jeopardized the mission.

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

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

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 waning Moon passes Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury before dawn, while Titan’s shadow transits Saturn in the sky this week.

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

The Solar System has a total of 419 known moons around planets. If we count dwarf planets, asteroids, and other worlds, the ...