Just look up: December's cosmic calendar is packed with two meteor showers—the Geminids and Ursids—and the best view of Jupiter visible to the naked eye until 2026. The first event of the ...

Jupiter and a slim crescent moon are the stand-out night sky ... (Mars near Saturn, too) in the 'View a Planet Day ... We recommend the Celestron Astro Fi 102 as the top pick in our best beginner ...

These two worlds will glow respectively at magnitudes -2.2 and +0.8, which in terms of a brightness ratio means that Jupiter will outshine Mars by a factor of nearly 16 to 1. Yet in spite of their ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. On Oct. 14, 2024, NASA launched a robotic spacecraft named Europa Clipper to Jupiter’s moons. Clipper will reach the ice-covered Jovian ...

On March 1 and 2, Jupiter and Venus will appear side by side in the night sky in an event called a conjunction, which is visible without a telescope or binoculars. ... Here's how to view them.

There were three conjunctions — or close passes — of Jupiter and Saturn around 7 B.C. The two planets were close enough that they may have resembled a bright star cluster.

Jupiter and Venus will appear very close together in the night sky on Wednesday, with the two planets set to pass each other in what’s known as a conjunction.

Vivid clouds swirl across Jupiter's skies like colorful brushstrokes across a painting in a new photo from NASA's Juno spacecraft. The image, taken during the spacecraft's 61st close flyby of ...

Jupiter's opposition happens every 13 months, but this opposition is a special one as the planet will make its closest approach to Earth in 70 years. Skip to main content Menu ...