Long before the gods of Olympus or Rome, ancient Indo-European speakers likely worshiped a sky father known as Dyeus Pater.

NASA’s Solar System Exploration website notes these names, rooted in Latin, persisted due to historical inertia despite varied ancient names.

While traveling the Greek world in the 2nd century CE, the geographer Pausanias visited the statue of Zeus at Olympia. The ...

With an atmosphere, by mass, of primarily hydrogen (76 per cent) and helium (24 per cent), and by volume of 89 per cent ...

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included Jupiter, the sky god who oversaw all aspects of life; Juno, the chief goddess who was particularly associated with the lives of women; and Minerva, the goddess of wisdom. As Roman power ...

It is commonly believed that the Romans copied the Greek pantheon, merely changing the names of the gods. In reality, it wasn ...

The King of the Planets teams up with an exceedingly narrow crescent moon for the last time this year in the evening sky on ...

Note that this event is best seen in the Central time zone of the U.S. — Jupiter is setting for East Coast observers at this time, while the sky is still quite light in the Mountain time zone ...

The infrared views, captured in 2023, shed light on the giant planet's atmosphere and magnetosphere—but they also reveal something unexpected ...

The bright beacon of Jupiter stands 2° due north of Zeta (ζ) Tauri in the evening sky tonight. Look west and hour after sunset to find the magnitude –1.9 gas giant still 11° high. Zeta Tau ...