Lake Effect astronomy contributor Jean Creighton shares some myths behind some of our solar system’s most famous moons and ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the ...

"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian atmosphere at a comet-like speed of 170,000 kilometers per hour," NASA ...

The solar system’s largest planet return to the sky on Wednesday, July 9, beginning Jupiter’s slow rise to prominence.

ESA's Mars Express orbiter captured footage of the Mars' moon Deimos pass in front of Ganymede, Europa, Jupiter, Io and ...

This gas giant has some really unique features that make it stand out. If you’re curious about space, learning a few things ...

Jupiter isn’t alone in this category; Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are also gas giants, though Uranus and Neptune are often ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about geologically active moons.

On the fiery Io, the innermost and third-largest of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons, Juno's observations have provided more insights about its incessant volcanic activity.

Scott Bolton’s first encounter with Io took place in the summer of 1980, right after he graduated from college and started a job at NASA. The Voyager 1 spacecraft had flown past this moon of Jupiter, ...