Jupiter and Venus will appear very close together in the night sky on Wednesday, with the two planets set to pass ... but they are a striking spectacle to view. After the moon, Jupiter and Venus ...

Astronomers have calculated that the gas giant Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now, based on the odd orbits of two ...

The two bright planets are in fact millions of miles apart; only from our point of view on Earth do they appear to butt against each other. Thanks to the orbital patterns of Earth, Jupiter and ...

Juno was approximately 18,000 miles (29,000 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloud tops when it captured this new view, highlighting the planet's persistent storms and colorful bands created by strong ...

In an unofficial sense, I would like to dub today (April 10) as "View a Planet Day ... Astro Fi 102 as the top pick in our best beginner's telescope guide. These two "superior" planets ...

The two planets are still close enough (just under 1°) to capture in a single low-power field of view through a telescope and tonight, all four of Jupiter’s moons are visible. Now Europa sits ...

Three of Jupiter’s moons – Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – are home to large, underground oceans of liquid water that could support life. This composite image shows, from top to bottom ...

Per Space.com, the two worlds will glow at magnitudes of -2.2 and +0.8, with Jupiter outshining Mars. The cosmic duo will be located in the constellation Taurus, from about midnight until a few ...