The Latest Breaking News from Jupiter

New computer simulations show how a now-frozen ocean of water mixed with dirt and rock could explain geological features on Ceres' surface.

Prof. Brian Cox brings us new perspectives and mysteries as revealed by a fleet of spacecraft traveling about the cosmos — watch "Solar System" online and from anywhere. On Earth.

SpaceX and NASA are standing down from the Oct. 10 launch of the Europa Clipper mission due to anticipated effects of Hurricane Milton. A new target date has not been announced.

On October 10, NASA is launching a hotly anticipated new mission to Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, Europa.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA's highly anticipated Europa Clipper astrobiology mission on Oct. 10, and you can watch the action live.

Discovering extraterrestrial life would be one of the most profound scientific and philosophical revelations that our species has ever made. But such a big discovery won’t come easy. Our starting point is to first search other worlds for signs of habitability, that is, the potential for life to exist.

October's new moon will occur today (Oct. 2) and create a dazzling annular solar eclipse.

Rather than carry many instruments with a vast array of purposes, CubeSats focus on a single, specific scientific goal.

Beyond our solar system, countless alien worlds of lava, ice, water and noxious gas swirl through the cosmos. Here are some of the strangest exoplanets that scientists have discovered so far.

Some of Uranus' moons show signs of having subsurface liquid oceans where life might be possible. A mission to the Uranian moon system could help planetary scientists learn more about the habitability of these worlds.

At the evening limb, WASP-107b’s atmosphere is about 560 miles taller than on the morning side.