Jupiter will reach opposition on Saturday, January 10, making it the brightest and largest it will appear in 2026 as Earth ...

Illustration of a 'hot Jupiter' orbiting a sun-like star. A hot Jupiter is a Jupiter-sized gas giant planet orbiting extremely close to its star, with a period of a few days compared to a year on ...

Solar system’s biggest planet will be close enough to reveal its largest moons through a pair of modest binoculars ...

Illustrations by the 17th-century astronomer Cassini (a-c), compared with Jupiter's current Great Red Spot as captured by Eric Sussenbach in 2023. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...

An image showing dark grey clouds and small specks of light on Jupiter is an illustration created using data from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Jupiter mission ‘Juno’ ...

Jupiter's auroras — the lights that dance around its poles — are the most distinct in our solar system and over a thousand times brighter than Earth's aurora. Now, a new study confirms that these ...

On the poles of our solar system’s gas giant, Jupiter, astronomers were able to capture a sight many of those living in the northernmost parts of Earth get to see, dancing ‘northern lights’. Compared ...

Juno at Jupiter. As NASA’s Juno spacecraft settles into orbit around Jupiter on July 4, skywatchers will get a chance to see the gas giant for themselves hanging in the western sky. While the probe is ...

After modeling Europa's conditions, the researchers concluded that its rocky seafloor is likely mechanically too strong to ...

ESA's advanced JUICE spacecraft has officially begun its eight-year journey to Jupiter, where it will explore the gas giant's icy moons. Reading time 2 minutes A highly-anticipated mission to Jupiter ...

(WHTM) – Our solar system has eight (was nine) planets and is roughly 4.571 billion years old. The planets in our solar system include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune ...