On July 6, 1938, an American astronomer named Seth Barnes Nicholson discovered Jupiter's moon Lysithea. Nicholson spotted ...

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) that was launched in 2023 will take about 8 years to arrive at the jovian system ...

NASA has discovered the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, but the icy snowball object poses ...

Earlier research had found that the rings of Saturn respond to vibrations within the planet. Saturn's interior vibrates at frequencies that cause slight variations in its gravitational field, and the ...

Jupiter isn’t alone in this category; Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are also gas giants, though Uranus and Neptune are often ...

The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) of the European Space Agency (ESA) will investigate Jupiter and its icy moons Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, with the aim to better understand the origin and ...

Our solar system is a pretty wild place, full of amazing stuff. From the giant Sun to the tiny rocks floating around, there’s ...

With fireworks, a parade, car show and other sizzling activities, there is much to choose from around St. Cloud this Fourth ...

The Voyager 1 spacecraft had flown past this moon of Jupiter, catching the first glimpse of active volcanism on a world other than Earth. Umbrella-shaped outbursts of magmatic matter rocketed into ...

When one of Madeline Dunn's 18-month-old twins woke up screaming in agony, she rushed him to the emergency room and demanded an X-ray ...

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Robot prototype to explore Jupiter’s icy moon in search for extraterrestrial life Despite the success of the Europa Clipper’s test prototype, going to the moon now seems unlikely.