Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A VIEW of Jupiter After modeling Europa's conditions, the researchers concluded that its rocky seafloor is likely mechanically too ...

Europa might not be the best place to look for alien life in the solar system after all. A new study modeling what the floor of the Jupiter moon's hidden ocean is like concluded that tectonic activity ...

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. That's more than any other planet in our solar system. Saturn, the one-time leader, comes in a ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 10: Spot Ceres in Cetus Last week, Io and Europa took a trip together across Jupiter, transiting the planet with ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has spied the final "auroral footprint" of a moon of Jupiter, meaning that it has watched as the moon Callisto interfered with one of Jupiter's planetary auroras. This had ...

Jupiter's moon Europa has long been shortlisted among scientists as one of our solar system's most promising locations to search for life – or, at least, the conditions that could support it. But a ...

A total lunar eclipse is the highlight of the month. For planetary action, Jupiter is well placed most of the night and there ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...