NASA’s Juno spacecraft has forced planetary scientists to reconsider something they thought was settled: how big Jupiter actually is. New measurements show the solar system’s largest planet is ...

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 ...

Europe's most advanced interplanetary space probe lost contact with Earth for nearly a full day leading up to a crucial flyby of Venus that will occur on Sunday (Aug. 31). JUICE (short for "Jupiter ...

Jupiter is officially “smaller” than it was yesterday. To be clear: the planet itself didn’t physically contract overnight. There was no cosmic gym session. Instead, thanks to the Juno spacecraft’s ...

We do not know what lies in interstellar space. There are an expected to be 300,000 larger than Death Star sized objects beyond Neptune. There are some expected moon and planet sized objects around ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has provided new insight into Jupiter and its volcanic moon, Io. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Alain Mirón Velázquez At Jupiter's north pole, powerful storms the ...

The images were taken during the spacecraft's 66th close flyby of Jupiter on Oct. 23. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...