Jupiter News

On September 8, the moon will occult Jupiter in broad daylight, an event visible across much of North America. Skywatchers can first observe a predawn pairing o

This week, early risers can observe a waning crescent moon approaching Jupiter, with Mars also visible nearby, leading up to a conjunction where the moon will p

The French thriller 'Jupiter,' which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, explores a scenario where Russia detonates a nuclear warhead and the US refuses to r

NASA's WB-57F aircraft observed a total solar eclipse off the coast of Iceland on August 12, 2026, from 50,000 feet, capturing the solar corona and visible plan

On September 1, 1979, NASA's Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to visit Saturn, after launching in 1973 to explore the asteroid belt and Jupiter. The probe

On August 28, 1993, NASA's Galileo spacecraft made a historic flyby of Asteroid Ida on its way to Jupiter, discovering a tiny moon named Dactyl orbiting it. Thi

The Perseid meteor shower, which peaked on August 12-13, could become more spectacular in 2028 due to Jupiter's gravitational influence. Scientists suggest Jupi

On August 5, 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft to study Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. Since arriving in 2016, Juno has provided detaile

A new study suggests that water from Europa's buried ocean may not easily reach the surface through fractures in its icy shell, challenging previous assumptions

NASA's Juno mission has provided the first measurements of subsurface temperatures on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io, revealing significant internal heating. Data f

NASA's Webb telescope has discovered a new giant exoplanet, Beta Pic d, in the Beta Pictoris system, which is approximately twice the mass of Jupiter.