Earlier this year, astronomers spotted a mysterious interstellar object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, hurtling through the solar system at a blistering speed. It's only the third confirmed interstellar object to ...
Using the thermal equivalent of giving it a sharp whack, NASA repaired the camera of its Jupiter-orbiting Juno probe from 370 million miles (590 million km) away after the instrument was put out of ...
Night-side flashes on Jupiter are giving planetary scientists a rare look at how this giant world behaves when it turns away from the Sun. By tracking these elusive lights, a NASA probe is turning ...
Astronomers may be just weeks away from an unprecedented opportunity to learn more about our solar system’s interstellar visitor. Reading time 3 minutes As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS hurtles through ...
The NASA spacecraft tasked with uncovering the secrets of Jupiter, king of the planets, is running out of time. The Juno probe has already survived far longer than anticipated—its path around the ...
All eyes were glued to the interstellar comet on the 19th of December, as 3I/ATLAS made its closest flyby to Earth at 1.79 AU ...
An exceptionally heavy interplanetary probe is on an eight-year journey to Jupiter, using the gravity of Earth and Venus to propel it on its path toward the gas giant. Just weeks before its scheduled ...
NASA spacecraft Parker Solar Probe and Europa Clipper observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before its close approach to Earth. Scientists are studying the data as the comet heads toward Jupiter in 202 ...
On Dec. 28, 2000, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft discovered auroras on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. Galileo launched in 1989 ...