Because it’s bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new UC Riverside research shows Jupiter’s massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night ...

NASA researcher Heidi Becker has photographed sublime sights around Jupiter that have never been seen before, from its ...

Jupiter may have a new ring that was created by a smash between moons. The possible ring appears as a faint streak near Jupiter’s moon Himalia in an image taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft. The ...

Jupiter, named for the king of the ancient Roman gods, commands its own mini-version of our solar system of circling satellites; their movements convinced Galileo Galilei that Earth is not the center ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 4, 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took the first photos of rings around Jupiter. ['On This Day in Space' Video Series ...

Close encounter: Juno flew within 3,100 miles of Thebe, capturing unprecedented detail at 1.9 miles per pixel. Ring connection: Scientists believe Thebe’s dust and gravity help form Jupiter’s faint ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured an extraordinary image of Thebe, the second-largest of Jupiter’s inner moons, providing new insights into the planet’s distant ring system. This close flyby, which ...

Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals formed much later than expected. These late-forming bodies match the ages and ...

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 ...

Where did meteorites come from and what can explain their diversity? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the origin ...