A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

Jupiter will make its closest approach to Earth in 59 years on Monday, according to NASA. The largest planet in our solar system, the gas giant will be at opposition, meaning Earth is directly between ...

Auroras are created when high-energy particles enter a planet’s atmosphere near its magnetic poles and collide with atoms or molecules of gas. On Earth, these are known as the northern lights (aurora ...

No way on Earth you could ever see Jupiter off to one side the way Juno sees the planets. That's what makes this first photo of Jupiter and several of its brightest moons so intriguing. The Great Red ...

Jupiter and the moon will rise side by side in the same patch of sky, separated by only about six degrees, while transiting the astrological sign of Cancer. However, their apparent closeness is ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reaches perihelion hidden from Earth's view. Learn why NASA and ESA spacecraft have a front-row ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

Stargazers hoping to catch sight of August's Venus-Jupiter Conjunction should keep their eyes to the skies on Tuesday morning. From Earth, both planets shine the brightest and will appear together ...

Tonight, the Moon will pass close to bright Jupiter, offering stargazers a striking and easily visible sight. This naked-eye event will make two of the night sky’s brightest objects appear side by ...

JUICE might be bound to Jupiter, but it is fortuitously in place to peek at this object from beyond the stars.