Using this telescope, Galileo peered up towards the constellation Orion on January 7, 1610. His target was the planet Jupiter – an object brighter than the surrounding stars. To his surprise ...

NASA's mission to send a spacecraft to scour Jupiter's moon Europa for signs of life appears back on track after Hurricane Milton forced a delay.

Ahead of the Clipper is a 1.8 billion-mile journey to Europa on a trajectory taking ... ocean was gathered by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, which orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003.

On this date, Jan. 7, 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant stars, Galileo’s repeated ...

These are also the first findings on the gas giant 's abundance of water since NASA's 1995 Galileo mission suggested Jupiter might be extremely dry compared to the Sun. The comparison is based not ...

JunoCam spotted new volcano on Jupiter’s moon Io, the most geologically active place in the solar system. The first close-up images of Io since NASA’s Galileo mission in 1997 revealed the ...

17, 2002, the Galileo probe made it’s 33 rd pass of Jupiter’s moon ... Bay Condo Haridopolos discusses Chinese threat to U.S. space interests News in 90: Unconstitutional Brevard policy ...

Juno fired its main engine beginning at 11:18 p.m. EDT/0318 Tuesday GMT, slowing the spacecraft so it could be captured by the planet’s gravity. [UPDATE: Tuesday, July 5, 11.00am] Juno, the ...