Jupiter’s Trojans are asteroids that share the gas giant’s orbit around the Sun, clustering at one of two Lagrange points in the Jupiter-Sun system (L4 or L5, 60° ahead of or behind Jupiter in its ...

Fresh off of its first asteroid encounter that revealed a bonus space rock, Lucy is now ready for the big leagues. The NASA spacecraft began maneuvering its way to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Saturn seems to have snatched its first known Trojan asteroid, designated 2019 UO14, a few ...

Washington, DC – Three new objects locked into roughly the same orbit as Neptune–called “Trojan” asteroids–have been found by researchers from the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Terrestrial ...

The cosmic object 3I/ATLAS has sparked intense interest since it entered our solar system. A key question among scientists is ...

Berkeley — A bound pair of icy comets similar to the dirty snowballs circling outside the orbit of Neptune has been found lurking in the shadow of Jupiter. Astronomers at the University of California, ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has returned new images of Jupiter after its 66th close flyby as it enters the final year of its mission. The $1 billion spacecraft completed its latest close flyby on Oct. 23, ...

Instead of picturing yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies, picture a spacecraft approaching a series of asteroids trapped by Jupiter’s gravity. On Sunday, April 20, ...

Observations of Jupiter show that ammonia is unevenly distributed in the upper atmosphere, against expectations of uniform mixing. Scientists found evidence for a complicated but apparently real ...

JUPITER — A proposed ballot question that would require Jupiter voters to approve the creation of a local fire department fails to pass several legal tests and runs afoul of the town’s home-rule ...