The ocean on Ganymede may have more water than all the water on Earth. In this artist’s concept, the moon Ganymede orbits the giant planet Jupiter. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed aurorae on ...

When searching for the unknown, classic physics wisdom holds that a bigger detector boosts the chances of discovery. A physicist is taking that advice to heart, advancing a bold plan to use none other ...

Jupiter’s moon Ganymede could be a vast dark matter detector, and upcoming space missions might be able to spot distinctive dark matter craters on its ancient surface. Physicists searching for dark ...

Our solar system is a wonder, from the star at the center to the planets and moons in orbit, as seen in these fantastic pictures taken by Hubble, the Solar Dynamics Observatory, and the Mars ...

NASA's Juno probe has been orbiting Jupiter since July 2016, providing groundbreaking insights into the gas giant and its moons. But according to Space.com, there are speculations that the probe has ...

This famous photographic collage, produced by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory — the NASA center responsible for the Solar System exploration programs — was assembled from images captured by Voyager 1 ...