Jupiter: News, Photos, Latest News Headlines about Jupiter

NASA adds another asteroid target for the trojan explorer Lucy mission

January 28, 2023 8:15 am

NASA has added a new asteroid target for its Lucy mission as the spacecraft continues on its 12-year-long journey.

NASA’s Juno to explore most volcanic place in the solar system

December 16, 2022 5:20 pm

NASA's Juno spacecraft is all set to look at Jupiter's moon Io, which has volcanoes that spew lava dozens of kilometres in the air and lakes of molten silicon lava.

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How to view Jupiter’s closest approach to Earth in 59 years on September 26

September 27, 2022 4:20 am

Jupiter's opposition to Earth on September 26 will be the closest it has come to our planet since 1969. Here is how you can best view the gas giant.

The NASA moon rocket for the Artemis mission stands on Pad 39B

Space news weekly recap: Artemis I cryogenic test to Webb images of Mars

September 26, 2022 12:07 pm

From NASA's postponed Artemis 1 launch to the habitability of Saturn's moon Enceladus, read all the recent interesting new about space in our weekly recap.

Auroras on Jupiter causing scorching 'heat wave' ten times the size of Earth

September 25, 2022 1:28 pm

Scientists have discovered that auroras are causing scorching hot '

View Jupiter’s closest approach to the Earth in 59 years on September 26

September 21, 2022 10:35 am

On September 26, Jupiter will make its closest approach to Earth since 1963. Here is how you can take the opportunity to get the best view of the biggest planet in our solar system.

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James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning new images of Jupiter

August 28, 2022 6:10 pm

The new infrared images show the gas giant in a new blueish hue, complete with all its storms and auroras, as well as the planet's rings and moons.

NASA is developing swimming robots to look for alien life

July 04, 2022 9:27 pm

NASA envisions a swarm of cellphone-size robots swimming through the water beneath the kilometres-thick icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa or Saturn’s moon Enceladus, looking for alien life.

Explained: What a new research about Jupiter's moon Europa means

April 23, 2022 12:16 pm

The team’s findings were published in the journal Nature Communications this week.

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will align this month: Here's how to watch it

April 23, 2022 10:12 am

Four planets of our solar system - Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter are set to align this month. Mercury is set to join the quartet around June 24 to take the count of visible planets to five.