The shimmering northern lights that streak across Alaska's skies have wilder cousins on Jupiter — they're bigger, stranger, and now tied to a discovery helping scientists better understand space ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was first detectedin 2017 and has since become a subject of intense interest. Expected to pass near Earth in early 2026, it will make a closer approach to Jupiter in ...

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if there is alien life on Jupiter's moon Europa.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have made a new discovery by observing and analyzing the first new type of plasma wave in Jupiter's aurora. This research helps us understand ...

What can Jupiter’s auroras teach scientists about auroras on other planets? This is what a recent study published in Physical Review Letters hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated a new ...

NASA is serious about searching for alien life, even within our own solar system. On Monday, the agency launched a spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket toward Europa, a moon of Jupiter.

In the coming weeks, NASA's Europa Clipper will take off on a long journey to Jupiter's moon Europa. The icy moon could potentially host alien life — and there's only one way to find out. When you ...

The mission to find extraterrestrial life has begun. At 16:06 GMT, NASA launched the Europa Clipper ship from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to search for signs of life on one of Jupiter’s frozen moons. The ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper will travel to Jupiter’s moon Europa to investigate whether the moon has conditions necessary to support life. The data the spacecraft collects will help researchers learn more ...

Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, harbored the right conditions to ...

Scientists think Europa contains a vast saltwater ocean deep beneath its surface. A NASA director said the mission is a "generational quest" that could lead to alien-life discoveries. NASA is serious ...