An unexpected collaboration between the Sun and Jupiter may explain the emergence of the essential elements for life on Earth ...

Earth may have gotten some of the key ingredients for life from asteroids in the inner solar system, but not without ...

Far beyond Earth, NASA has discovered a world unlike anything else in the Solar System. Jupiter's moon Io is covered in ...

As it turns out, the conditions that set Venus and Jupiter up for their conjunctions in the sky are the same that are critical for life to survive on Earth.

Every night is a good night to look through a telescope (provided it’s not cloudy), but if you’re looking for an excuse, Jupiter is lining itself up for some candid closeups. At its farthest point, ...

Jupiter will make its closest path to the Earth and will shine its brightest on Dec. 7. This aerial display occurs when Earth positions itself between the Sun and Jupiter. There are a few options for ...

Magnetic substorms on Earth disrupt orbiting satellites, including telecommunication satellites and global positioning systems. This mysterious phenomenon has been studied with ESA’s Cluster ...

Both amateur and professional astronomers have captured incredible photos of Jupiter from Earth over the years, while space ...

A spacecraft launched last year will slingshot back around Earth and the moon next month in a high-stakes, world-first maneuver as it pinballs its way through the solar system to Jupiter. The European ...

How different are Jupiter's gaseous layers and Earth's oceans? Perhaps not as much as you expect. Lia Siegelman, a physical oceanographer at the University of California, San Diego’s Scripps ...