The final night of 2025 is the perfect time to watch the moon close to the Pleiades, find the brightest star in the night sky ...

On Oct. 14, NASA's Europa Clipper mission launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida toward one of Jupiter's largest moons. The launch was eagerly anticipated by scientists around the world, in ...

From a full moon and a meteor shower to Jupiter at opposition, here’s everything that’s happening in the night sky in January ...

The month brings a strong lineup of celestial sights, including a supermoon, meteor activity, and several close moon-planet ...

On Dec. 28, 2000, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft discovered auroras on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. Galileo launched in 1989 ...

A NASA mission to explore a Jupiter moon believed to be one of our galaxy's most promising locations to search for life-supporting conditions is at long last underway. The Europa Clipper launched ...

A massive NASA mission to explore if one of Jupiter’s moons could support life launched Monday morning from Florida. The Europa Clipper spacecraft lifted off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket bound ...

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. That's more than any other planet in our solar system. Saturn, the one-time leader, comes in a ...

An eye-catching pattern on the surface of Europa, an ice-covered moon, may have profound implications for our understanding of the Jovian satellite.

SCIENTISTS have discovered an unusual formation on Jupiter’s moon – and NASA says it may hold the secret to extraterrestrial life. The bizarre pattern on the moon also resembles the ...

A spacecraft that will study one of Jupiter’s moons is set to launch Monday on a journey of more than six years to discover if the moon has the ability to support life. The solar-powered spacecraft ...

On the cracked ice of Jupiter’s moon Europa, a sprawling pattern of dark lines has taken on an unsettling nickname: a “demon” ...