Jupiter and Venus lead the Sun into the early-morning sky, rising around 1:30 A.M. and 4:15 A.M. local daylight time, respectively. Jupiter stands some 7.5° to the right of the bright star Pollux in ...

Scientists using NASA's Juno spacecraft have discovered a new plasma wave in Jupiter's auroras, offering fresh insight into ...

These linkups happen when several planets appear to line up in the night sky at once. Such parades are fairly common, happening around every year depending on the number of planets. At least one ...

Scientists at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have made a groundbreaking discovery of a completely new type of plasma wave embedded in the auroras near Jupiter's poles, as published in the ...

Although the Juno mission was expected to last only a few years, the spacecraft is still going strong despite operating in ...

Jupiter is a gas giant and doesn’t have a solid outer surface like Earth. But astronomers can still assess its shape by ...

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.