Looking ahead, the comet will pass roughly 33 million miles from Jupiter in March 2026. Loeb noted the scientific value: ...

On the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa, a strange, star-shaped scar has become an unlikely focal point in the search ...

Under a thick crust of ice, Europa might have an ocean warmed by tidal interactions with Jupiter. This tidal flexing could also produce a geologically active core that might in turn create ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is making major strides in its hunt for alien life with the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission. Recently, the spacecraft conducted a successful test of its ...

The mystery of the alien comet probe sent to steal all our solar system’s secrets (possibly…) just intensified, as a Harvard scientist has claimed it could be on a mission to Jupiter. Maverick ...

An interstellar visitor is facing its trial by fire today, and one of the world's most prominent astronomers is watching for the verdict. Some believe the object, 3I/ATLAS, may be about to unveil ...

What can Jupiter’s auroras teach scientists about auroras on other planets? This is what a recent study published in Physical Review Letters hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated a new ...

Swinburne University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. On July 1, astronomers spotted an unusual high-speed object zooming towards the Sun. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the ...

Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, harbored the right conditions to ...