Articles about Jupiter
09 Jun 2021
NASA's Juno spacecraft snaps first close-ups of Jupiter's largest moon
On June 7, NASA's Juno spacecraft zoomed past Jupiter's largest moon called Ganymede. The spacecraft snapped incredible close-up pictures of the celestial body as it passed by at a distance of 1,038 kilometers from Ganymede, the closest any spacecraft has been to the moon in 20 years.
21 Dec 2020
Jupiter, Saturn merging in night sky, closest in centuries
Jupiter and Saturn will merge in the night sky on Monday, appearing closer to one another than they have since Galileo's time in the 17th century.
12 Nov 2020
Jupiter's icy moon Europa may glow in dark: NASA researchers
A team of researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has discovered that Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter, possibly emits a blue-white and blue-green glow—through its icy crust and a salty subsurface ocean—even in the dark.
08 Jun 2019
Soon, you will be able to see Jupiter without telescope
In a matter of days, Jupiter, the largest planet of our Solar System, will appear bigger and brighter than normal.
22 Nov 2018
Is 'faster-than-light' travel possible? Researchers think so
Despite artificial intelligence and genetic modification increasingly coming into the mainstream, one of the gems of science fiction - faster-than-light travel - has so far evaded scientific advancement.
18 Jul 2018
10 more moons discovered around Jupiter, one is an oddball
In a rather notable finding, astronomers have discovered 10 new moons orbiting Jupiter, bringing its total satellites to a whopping 79 - by far the most moons found orbiting any planet.
03 Mar 2018
World's first video game: two lines and a dot
This story goes 60 years back in the past when the world's first video game was created.
28 Jul 2017
Scientists might have made a significant discovery: The first exomoon
In what could be a significant discovery, a team of scientists has detected a signal from what is believed to be the first known "exomoon": a moon beyond our solar system.
25 Jul 2017
World's first video game: two lines and a dot
This story goes exactly 59 years back in the past when the world's first video game was created.
12 Jul 2017
NASA spacecraft to fly over Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' soon!
Ending a long wait, NASA's Juno spacecraft is soon expected to fly by Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' attempting to solve the mystery over factors causing the great storm, that has been raging in the planet for centuries.
14 Apr 2017
Extraterrestrial life could possibly exist in our solar system
In a press conference last night, NASA shared its latest findings in the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system.
