I/ATLAS is expected to reach its closest distance to Jupiter on March 16, 2026. Its approach may coincide with Jupiters Hill ...

Study examines 3I/ATLAS’s closest approach to Jupiter on March 16, 2026, showing its distance aligns with Jupiter’s Hill ...

I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar object known to enter our Solar System, following ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov.

Jupiter’s early growth carved rings in the solar system, delayed meteorite formation, and kept planets like Earth in stable orbits.

Launched with 1970s technology, the Voyager probes were sent on a path through the seemingly deadly asteroid belt and past ...

If we find technological satellites of Jupiter that we did not send, it would imply that Jupiter is of interest to an ...

The Juno spacecraft now orbiting Jupiter has a suite of science instruments which will investigate the existence of a possible solid planetary core, map Jupiter’s intense magnetic field, measure the ...

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For that purpose, 3I/ATLAS must arrive within Jupiter’s radius of gravitational influence — the so-called Hill radius, inside ...

Jupiter is already the biggest planet by far in our solar system, but new research suggests it was somehow once even larger than it is now. Twice as large, in fact. To put that into context, those ...

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