Europa

Scientists have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere where its signature colorful striped clouds form.

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The new research supports the longstanding idea that water could potentially erupt above the surface of Europa.

The spacecraft’s pass of the moon provided the first close-up in over two decades of this ocean world.

Juno has provided the first close-up images of Europa in over two decades.

From deep below the soil at Earth’s polar regions to Pluto’s frozen heart, ice exists all over the solar system...and beyond.

NASA-funded scientists have discovered shaded locations within pits on the Moon that always hover around a comfortable 63 F.

To most of us, dust is an annoyance. But these tiny particles that float about and settle on surfaces play an important role across the solar system.

The agency’s mission to explore Jupiter’s icy moon takes a big step forward as engineers deliver a major component of the spacecraft.

On April 9, 2022, the JunoCam instrument captured what it would look like to ride along with the Juno spacecraft.

Science instruments and other hardware for the spacecraft will come together in the mission’s final phase before a launch to Europa in 2024.

Missions like NASA’s Europa Clipper are a complex balancing act of meeting scientific and technical requirements.

A new study finally reveals higher-frequency X-rays and explains why they eluded another mission 30 years ago.

Europa Clipper will need to know its orientation while traveling from Earth to Jupiter and in orbit around Jupiter. To accomplish this, it will use the stars.

The Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon, Ice Moon, the Moon after Yule, and the Old Moon.

Our 2021 round-up of NASA planetary science is packed with the year’s most spectacular images, ground-breaking discoveries, and incredible mission events.

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured sounds of Jupiter's moon Ganymede during a June 7, 2021, close flyby.

Finding plumes at Europa is an exciting prospect, but scientists warn it’ll be tricky, even from up close.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has completed this year's grand tour of the outer solar system.

During its 36th low pass over Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of striking Jupiter's cloud bands and swirls.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson laid out the path forward for early Artemis missions that will pave the way for lunar surface missions.

New Juno findings provide a fuller picture of Jupiter’s colorful atmospheric features, and offer clues about what's below the clouds.

NASA scientists are calling for a framework that provides context for findings related to the search for life.

JPL's lucky peanuts are an unofficial tradition at big mission events.