A rare planetary conjunction will bring Venus and Jupiter together in the evening sky on June 9, 2026, offering a bright ...

Jupiter is about to dominate the night sky, lining up with Earth and the Sun in a way that makes the giant planet appear bigger and brighter than at any other time this year. Around January 10, ...

Turn a telescope to the eastern sky in the hours following midnight on Nov. 5 to see two colossal shadows darken the cloud tops of the gas giant Jupiter as the Galilean moons Io and Europa pass ...

Jupiter is about to steal the show, and it's as bright as ever, stargazers! On Jan. 10, the largest planet in our solar system will reach opposition, making its brightest, boldest, most magnificent ...

January has kept sky-gazers busy with a steady stream of celestial events. We're less than 10 days into the year, and we've already had a supermoon, the peak of the Quadrantids meteor shower and an ...

These surprising effects, detected in observations from the James Webb Space Telescope , include a cold spot in Jupiter's ...

Six planets are set to align on Saturday, creating a planetary parade that will be visible to sky-gazers across the globe.

Six of Earth’s neighboring planets are about to come into view at once — here’s how to use optics to get the most from the event.