On Sept. 21, 2003, NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter and its moons came to an end. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on ...

The tech uses subtle shifts in starlight to track speed and position, allowing spacecraft to navigate deep space alone Chinese researchers have tested a new way for spacecraft to navigate in deep ...

Chinese researchers have successfully tested stellar aberration navigation, a concept funded by NASA, advancing their plans for a Jupiter mission in 2030.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jupiter may be the largest planet in the solar system, but new research shows it's not quite as big as scientists once believed, ...

Many of us know Jupiter as the solar system's largest planet, and while it still is, recent findings from NASA's Juno mission reveal data that the planet is a little smaller and more "squashed" than ...

On April 3, 2026, the White House announced a plan to cancel over 50 space missions — including spacecraft already paid for, launched, and making discoveries — as part of a devastating 46% cut to NASA ...

A University of Iowa-led research team has reported in a new study the most detailed observations to date of the bow shock at ...

NASA has launched hundreds of missions, but a small number genuinely reshaped how we understand space. These missions did more than reach distant places. They gave scientists entirely new ways to ...

University of Iowa researchers have made the most detailed observations yet of Jupiter’s bow shock, a barrier that helps deflect harmful particles from the sun. They found that Jupiter uses a more ...