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Recently discovered object 2019 LD2, originally believed to be the first cometary “Jupiter Trojan” asteroid, turned out to be an interloper comet masquerading as a member of the Trojan population.

This enhanced-color image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures the striking cloud bands of Jupiter’s southern latitudes.

Scientists are using modern image processing techniques to create new views of Europa's surface.

NASA's Lunar Flashlight, a briefcase-sized satellite, or CubeSat, will detect surface ice believed to be at the bottom of craters on the Moon that have never been exposed to sunlight. This may help provide water for astronauts exploring the Moon during the Artemis program.

Before NASA’s mighty Space Launch System (SLS) rocket can blast off from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center to send the Orion spacecraft into lunar orbit, teams across the country conduct extensive tests. Guiding that effort are NASA test directors, or NTDs.

Fun — and even educational — NASA activities to do at home.

Whether you're doing it for the nerd cred or the pie, this week on #10Things, we've got all the ways you can celebrate #PiDay with NASA.

NASA's Juno mission has provided its first science results on the amount of water in Jupiter's atmosphere.

NASA has selected four Discovery Program investigations to develop concept studies for new missions.

The Voyager imaging team asked for the photo to show Earth’s vulnerability — to illustrate how small, fragile and irreplaceable it is on a cosmic scale.

Jupiter's south pole has a new cyclone.

A research team led out of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has detected water vapor for the first time above Europa’s surface.

The next full Moon will be on Sunday afternoon, October 13, 2019, The Moon will appear full for about three days centered on this time, from Saturday morning to Tuesday morning.

NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter successfully executed a 10.5-hour propulsive maneuver to avoid a mission-ending shadow cast by Jupiter during an upcoming flyby.

The next full Moon will be early Saturday morning, September 14, 2019. Find out what else to watch for in the skies during the next few weeks.

Europa Clipper will explore Jupiter's icy moon in-depth during multiple flybys, studying whether Europa could harbor conditions suitable for life.

This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter, taken on June 27, 2019, reveals the giant planet's trademark Great Red Spot.

Twenty-five years ago, humanity first witnessed a collision between a comet and a planet.

Twenty-five years ago, humanity first witnessed a collision between a comet and a planet.

Scientists have discovered that the yellow color seen on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa is actually sodium chloride, a compound known on Earth as table salt.

Our solar system is a stormy place. Join us on a tour of storms.

NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter made the first definitive detection of a planetary magnetic field that changes over time, a phenomenon called secular variation.

Auroras at Jupiter's poles are heating the planet's atmosphere to a greater depth than previously thought — a rapid response to the solar wind.

Meet the women leading two of humankind's two most distant space missions.

The next full Moon will be on Feb. 19, 2019.