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

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

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

NASA's latest 3I/ATLAS path brings its Jupiter flyby nearer a key gravitational zone, sparking expert concerns over risks and ...

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

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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

What processes were responsible for Jupiter’s formation? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to address as an international pair of scientists investigated the physical, ...