China plans to lay the foundation for lofty space achievements including exploration of the planet Jupiter and a crewed mission to the moon. With those achievements under its belt, Beijing wants to ...

Astronomers searching the night skies for signs of alien life have long set their sights on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. The recent discovery of water vapor venting from Europa’s south pole has ...

Night-side flashes on Jupiter are giving planetary scientists a rare look at how this giant world behaves when it turns away from the Sun. By tracking these elusive lights, a NASA probe is turning ...

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) probe is on its very long journey to Jupiter. It won’t be until after this decade is ...

Europa, one of Jupiter’s most intriguing moons, has long been a target for astrobiologists searching for signs of life beyond Earth. Beneath its thick, icy shell lies a vast ocean, and scientists have ...

Plasma waves are a critical element to understanding the many mysteries of the gas giant’s turbulent, magnetically powerful atmosphere, the researchers say. Reading time 3 minutes Since entering ...

The findings were published March 20 in the journal AGU Advances and were based on data recorded by Juno in 2021 and 2022, ...