The Latest Breaking News from Jupiter

Planet now has 274 moons, almost twice as many as all the other planets in the solar system combined

Organisms known as extremophiles have been found inhabiting a range of extreme conditions on Earth, including inside our bodies. Could they be on Mars, too?

The moon enters its new phase for February 2025 tonight, leaving the skies nice and dark for observing many bright planets currently visible in the night sky.

The planet WASP-121b is extreme. It’s a gas giant almost twice as big as Jupiter orbiting extremely close to its star–50 times closer than the Earth does around the Sun. WASP-121b is so close to its star that tidal forces have locked its rotation in a “resonance”: the planet always shows…

There's no need to worry about retrogrades because they're a typical aspect of most planets' yearly cycles, especially if you know what to anticipate and how to deal with them

The Lucy mission to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids is currently cruising through the Asteroid Belt, and will fly close to asteroid Donaldjohanson in April.

Seven worlds align under one sky in a breathtaking photograph captured by astrophotographer Josh Dury.

The rare spectacle will take place just after sunset on Friday

The brief window will enable skywatchers to see all seven other planets in the Earth’s solar system simultaneously.