The enormous visitor to our solar system may have been about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and come nearly as close to the sun as the orbit of Mars.

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

The article humorously portrays each planet of the solar system as different types of gym personalities. Jupiter is obsessed ...

"This is the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our solar system — so that's really ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io. The eruptions in ...

NASA’s Juno mission found Io’s biggest volcanic eruption ever. The explosion was stronger than all Earth’s power plants ...

The article humorously imagines how planets would describe themselves if they were dating profiles. Each planet has a unique ...

The acid yellow moon Io that orbits Jupiter may be less than 30% the size of Earth, but is considered the most volcanic body ...

NASA officials said what Juno spotted was 'the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our ...

19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved ... 26, 2024 — Dark ovals in Jupiter's polar haze, visible only at UV wavelengths, were first ...