Juno is scheduled for an upcoming flyby of Jupiter on May 7, during which it is set to carry out a close approach of the Jovian moon Io at a distance of about 55,300 miles (89,000 kilometers).

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Ned Sharpless, a renowned cancer researcher and former National Cancer Institute director, is back in Chapel Hill with a new ...

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates through space on a trajectory that could see it hit the moon.

Saturn has 128 more moons than astronomers previously thought - The sixth planet from the Sun now has a grand total of 274 ...

A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.

NASA's vast archive of science data, over 100 petabytes and counting, is proving to be a timeless treasure trove for new ...

In March and April 2025, internet users shared a striking image that they claimed showed "Steeple Mountain," a massive point ...

Mars and the moon will also be in conjunction tonight. If you're lucky enough to have clear skies tonight, you can catch a ...

We tend to take the moon for granted—after all, it’s there night after night, just hanging out in the starry sky. But occasionally, it does something particularly cool or looks even more ...