Jupiter hosts the brightest and most spectacular auroras in the solar system. Near its poles, these shimmering lights offer a ...

Jupiter's four Galilean moons will line up in front of Jupiter in the early morning sky on Aug. 8. The predawn hours of Aug. 8 present a perfect opportunity to see Jupiter's four largest moons line up ...

University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy scientists report their discovery of 11 new satellites of Jupiter, all members of Jupiter’s outer "irregular" satellite system. These observations ...

Sometime in September, Juno’s orbit will degrade naturally, and Jupiter’s gravity will pull the spacecraft in, and the atmosphere will consume it. Visit www.science.nasa.gov/mission/juno/ for the ...

All the satellites appear to have distant retrograde orbits (ie. their orbital rotation is opposite to Jupiter’s rotation) like the majority of the known irregular satellites of Jupiter.

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick ...

Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer probe completed its Venus flyby on Aug. 31, keeping it on track to reach the Jovian ...

This quiz will challenge your knowledge of Jupiter's features, moons, and the missions that have dared to get close.

NASA’s Juno orbiter spacecraft reached Jupiter in 2016, five years after it launched from Earth. The craft was sent to the gas giant to explore Jupiter’s origins, evolution, clouds and several moons.

Saturn and Neptune reach opposition, looking their best for the year. Jupiter and Venus shine bright before dawn, as does the zodiacal light.

New research is revealing the secrets of Io, the mysterious volcanic moon of Jupiter. Four centuries after Galileo discovered Io in 1610, NASA sent a spacecraft called Juno on a five-year mission ...