The result is thanks to the Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The shimmering northern lights that ...

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 ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (08/19/2025) — Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have made a groundbreaking discovery by observing and analyzing the first new type of plasma wave in ...

Space exploration is about to enter a new era later this year, as American space agency NASA is getting ready to launch perhaps its most ambitious alien-life-hunting mission ever. Centered around a ...

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 ...

Beyond our solar system, countless alien worlds of lava, ice, water and noxious gas swirl through the cosmos. Here are some of the strangest exoplanets that scientists have discovered so far. When you ...

NASA launched Europa Clipper to see if Jupiter's moon Europa could host alien life. Scientists think Europa contains a vast saltwater ocean deep beneath its surface. A NASA director said the mission ...