Jupiter’s moon Io has revealed a breathtaking spectacle through the lens of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Order has risen from the chaos of the creation of our solar system, and that systemization is on ...

Planetary scientists have recently drawn a connection between the birth of Jupiter and the formation zone of Earth, ...

There are 11 retrograde moons and an “oddball," scientists say. A dozen new moons have been found orbiting Jupiter, including 11 normal moons and one "oddball" moon, according to Carnegie Institution ...

Earth, and every other planet within our Solar System that we know of, orbits the Sun. Beyond our small region of the universe, planets everywhere orbit their stars. Even tiny changes in these orbits ...

New research shows how Jupiter carved out rings and gaps that changed how and when planets and meteorites formed.

CLEVELAND — With so much focus on the total solar eclipse right now, I thought some stellar solar system facts would shake up your universe. Let me take you back to grade school and the solar system ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft capped a five-year journey to Jupiter late Monday with a do-or-die engine burn to sling itself into orbit, setting the stage for a 20-month dance around the biggest planet in ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik Jupiter, the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Giant alien planets known as "hot Jupiters" orbit their stars much closer than Mercury does the ...