At a Glance The Juno spacecraft will make the closest pass in history to Jupiter's Great Red Spot on Monday evening.It will approach the massive storm at 5,600 miles above the cloud tops, NASA said. In a few days, NASA will get its best look ever at the largest storm in the solar system: Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The Juno spacecraft will make a close pass to the solar system's largest planet on Monday evening, coming as close as ,...

An enormous fireball is caught on a security camera in South Australia. ...

The photo above shows the moon rising over Maine's Casco Bay on July 10, 2017. The satellite took on a rectangular appearance, a mirage scientists say was caused by cold air. (Courtesy of John Stetson/Southern Maine Community College) At a Glance A rising moon looked like a giant block of ice as it appeared in the sky over Casco Bay in Maine. Scientists say the phenomenon was caused by cold air. A rising full moon shocked skywatchers when it appeared...

At a Glance NASA's Juno spacecraft achieved orbit around Jupiter Monday nightThe mission to map out Jupiter's surface will last 20 months and cost $1.1 billion NASA received a much-welcomed message from its Juno spacecraft Monday night from 540 million miles across the solar system, which confirmed that it had successfully started orbiting Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. "Welcome to Jupiter!" at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California, prompting the Juno team to let out a...

At a Glance The Juno spacecraft came closer to Jupiter's Great Red Spot than ever before, capturing some mesmerizing photos.The spot is a giant 10,000-mile-wide, swirling storm packing winds of up to 400 mph. NASA has released new, up-close images of Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot. The spacecraft hasorbiting the gas giant, capturing images and sending them back to eager scientists hoping to learn more about the planet. On Monday, the spacecraft came closer to the giant red spot than...

NASA has captured footage of a new sunspot that’s larger than Earth ...

A Perseid meteor crosses the sky over the medieval Saint Kazimir Catholic church at night in the village of Vselyub, Belarus, Aug. 13, 2016. (AFP/Getty Images) One of the biggest meteor showers of the year is underway, and it's only going to get more spectacular as August approaches. Known as the Perseid meteor shower, the annual event began Monday and , according to Space.com. The peak is expected on Aug. 12, and during its best hours, stargazers can expect to...

Stargazers can enjoy two celestial pyrotechnic shows -- the Delta Aquarid and Perseid meteor showers are now underway. ...

Scientists from TU Delft are testing out solar sails made of graphene, an ultrathin material that could send our satellites to the stars. ...

Researchers say there may be water in the moon’s interior and it could be extractable, making long-term moon missions much more plausible. ...

This composite photo shows how it might look as the WB-57F research aircraft chase the Aug. 21 solar eclipse. (NASA/Faroe Islands/SwRI) When a shrouds parts of the United States in darkness on Aug. 21, NASA will get a longer look at it than most, thanks to a pair of WB-57F jet planes. The retrofitted planes will carry telescopes that'll get , known as the corona,according to a NASA release. Additionally, they'll be able to capture thermal images of Mercury for...

An astronaut captured video of an aurora borealis from space and gave it a captivating description. ...