Ganymede's auroras splinter into small, bright patches — structures that mirror features seen in Earth's own auroral displays ...
Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, March 6With no Moon in the early-evening sky, let's chase down ...
Jupiter’s icy moons may have been seeded with the chemical ingredients for life from the very beginning. An international ...
On March 8, 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...
“Our findings suggest that Jupiter’s moons did not form as chemically pristine worlds,” Mousis said. “Instead, they may have accreted, or accumulated, a significant inventory of COMs at birth, ...
Astronomers first spotted comet 3I/Atlas in data collected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in ...
A waxing gibbous moon and brilliant Jupiter will pair up after sunset on Feb. 26.
New research suggests that Jupiter’s icy moons may have formed with complex organic molecules already embedded in their building blocks.
ESA's Mars Express orbiter captured footage of the Mars' moon Deimos pass in front of Ganymede, Europa, Jupiter, Io and Callisto (in that order). Credit: Space.com | footage credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin ...
Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, produces auroras like Earth’s. New data from Juno reveals surprising details about its magnetic field.
Saturn conjunction and an uptick in northern lights make March 2026 a standout month for skywatchers across North America.
Learn about the latest image of comet 3I/ATLAS, captured by a European Space Agency spacecraft that's on its way to Jupiter.