Jupiter’s storms aren’t just gigantic — they may unleash lightning far more powerful than anything on Earth. Using NASA’s Juno spacecraft, scientists discovered that some lightning bolts on the gas ...

As NASA's Juno flew around Jupiter last week, the spacecraft snapped a photo of an object before it could make a clean getaway. That clunky, bumpy thing at the far right edge of the frame is Thebe, ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has snuck a peek at one of Jupiter's largest inner moons. During a close flyby, the spacecraft got a look at Jupiter's moon Thebe from just 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) away.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured an extraordinary image of Thebe, the second-largest of Jupiter’s inner moons, providing new insights into the planet’s distant ring system. This close flyby, which ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this view of Thebe, the second largest of Jupiter's inner moons, during a close pass on May 1, 2026. The spacecraft's Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) captured this image ...

If you have binoculars, you may even spot some of Jupiter’s largest moons as tiny pinpoints beside the planet NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty A waxing crescent moon and Jupiter will appear close together ...

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A Falcon 9 lifts off April 11 carrying the NG-24 Cygnus cargo spacecraft on an ISS resupply mission. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — A Falcon 9 launched a Cygnus cargo spacecraft April 11 as Northrop ...

An analysis by the nonprofit science advocacy group The Planetary Society has identified 54 NASA missions that may be endangered as a result of the White House’s budget proposal for the coming fiscal ...

A new analysis has revealed that Jupiter is slightly smaller and flatter than astronomers believed for nearly 50 years. That revision resets the basic dimensions of the Solar System’s largest planet ...

A violent, swirling storm on Jupiter captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft Enhanced image by Gerald Eichstadt and Sean Doran based on images provided courtesy of NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS under CC ...