Donaldjohanson, a main belt asteroid, could be a relic of a cosmic collision that took place 150 million years ago.

NAS's James Webb Space Telescope has captured Neptune’s glowing auroras in the best detail yet. Hints of auroras were first ...

flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to build up the energy we need to get to Jupiter and Europa." Today (March 1), NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will fly past Mars ...

flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to build up the energy we need to get to Jupiter and Europa," Ben Bradley, Europa Clipper mission planner at NASA's Jet Propulsion ...

(if going by patent filings) of the telescope to finally see Neptune's auroras, and it's thanks to NASA's James Webb Space ...

It's called Europa Clipper, and it is centered around an orbiter destined to reach one of Jupiter ... NASA, so the upcoming gravity assist is the perfect opportunity to do so. The radar will be ...

Heads up, skywatchers: a planet alignment is up for viewing this weekend, with Mercury, Venus, Jupiter ... close together for night viewing. The term "planet parade" is also used; however, NASA ...

One of the biggest challenges NASA scientists had to solve before launching the probe was determining how to protect the probe from Jupiter’s intense radiation, Traub said. To get close to ...

NASA also uses planetary radar missions to observe asteroids up close. NASA's upcoming launch ... unveils complex atmosphere of starless super-Jupiter ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 ... aren't actually close to each other. Photograph by NASA/JPL/Space Science ...