NASA’s Juno mission completed a close flyby of Jupiter on Thursday, Feb. 2, its latest science orbit of the mission. All of Juno’s science instruments and the spacecraft’s JunoCam were operating ...

NASA Juno mission captured amazing new imagery of Jupiter's moon Europa. The spacecraft flew about 219 miles (352 kilometers) ...

A NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to Jupiter's moon Io, coming within 930 miles of the "surface of the most volcanic world," and the space agency released new images of the flyby. The ...

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3I/ATLAS is moving towards a close Jupiter flyby expected in March 2026, and the event is drawing strong attention from scientists and the public. The interstellar object, now travelling past the ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has resumed normal operations after entering safe mode twice during its 71st close approach to Jupiter on April 4. Safe mode is a precautionary status that a spacecraft enters ...

Europe's most advanced interplanetary space probe lost contact with Earth for nearly a full day leading up to a crucial flyby of Venus that will occur on Sunday (Aug. 31). JUICE (short for "Jupiter ...

NASA’s Juno mission successfully executed its first of 36 orbital flybys of Jupiter today. The time of closest approach with the gas-giant world was 6:44 a.m. PDT (9:44 a.m. EDT, 13:44 UTC) when Juno ...