Look east around 4 a.m. local time, just before dawn, to see the slender form of the crescent moon climb above the horizon.

A rare and visually captivating celestial event is set to unfold this August, as the full Sturgeon Moon coincides with an ...

August's full Sturgeon Moon will be accompanied by some additional celestial activity. Here's how you can spot it in ...

Two new moons have been discovered orbiting Jupiter, bringing the total number of natural satellites orbiting the gas giant ...

Visible on the planet itself is a dark patch near the top, marking the frigid northern polar cap, where temperatures dip to ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are painting a new picture of Jupiter's moon Europa and revealing ...

That mission, which is slated to end in September 2025, also extends to Jupiter's rings and many moons. Juno’s trajectory passes by Io every other orbit, flying over the same part of the moon ...

One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It’s encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles or more (15 kilometers to 24 kilometers) thick.

July 25 has been a date marked by remarkable events that have shaped history.One of the most profound events occurred on July ...

The mission is scheduled to end in 2034 with Europa Clipper crash-landing on another of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede. The launch will be streamed live online and on NASA TV.

On this date, Jan. 7, 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant stars, Galileo’s repeated ...