According to Live Scence, the planet’s shadow was first spotted in 2021 in data taken by the European Space Agency’s Gaia ...

Space telescope: Chandra X-Ray Observatory The Chandra X-ray Observatory has spent more than 25 years detecting exotic environments in the cosmos to help astronomers understand the structure and ...

So hot, in fact, that recent Juno flybys of Io revealed a lava lake on the moon’s surface, which was dramatically reconstructed in a 3D animation. Jupiter and its moons ...

Here's the science behind some of the creepiest objects in space. The Eyes of the Cosmos. New for Hallowe'en 2024, ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has returned new images of Jupiter after its 66th close flyby as it enters the final year of its mission. The $1 billion spacecraft completed its latest close flyby on Oct ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft's recent close flyby of Jupiter's northern hemisphere, captured in stunning detail by citizen scientist Gary Eason, reveals chaotic clouds and cyclonic storms. This ongoing ...

Smart News | July 23, 2024. See 25 Stunning Images of the Cosmos From the Chandra X-Ray Observatory as It Celebrates 25 Years in Space. Chandra, the world’s most powerful X-ray telescope, has ...

Amalthea orbits 181,400 km (112,717 miles) from Jupiter and takes 0.498 Earth days to complete one orbit. It rotates on its axis once for each orbit around Jupiter, always keeping the same side facing ...

Stretching across 52 miles (84 kilometers) wide, Amalthea is shaped like a tiny celestial potato. The surface of the tiny moon, however, is littered with impact craters, hills, and valleys.

From spiral galaxies to volcanic eruptions on Jupiter moon, see these amazing space images The year may be young, but there has been no shortage of stunning imagery from beyond the stars in the ...

Juno was originally set for a fiery death in Jupiter's atmosphere in 2021, but NASA extended its mission through September 2025 so it could observe Ganymede, Io, and Europa more closely.