On Jan. 10, the planet Jupiter will make its brightest appearance of the year ...

Jupiter steals the spotlight in January as it reaches its brightest and biggest appearance of the year. The month also features a Moon–Saturn meetup and the steady glow of the Beehive Cluster for ...

Jupiter is already the biggest planet by far in our solar system, but new research suggests it was somehow once even larger than it is now. Twice as large, in fact. To put that into context, those ...

In this wide-angle view you can see that winter's brightest stars connect into an enormous asterism called the Winter Hexagon ...

There’s no mistaking Jupiter in the sky these Pottsville winter evenings, rising in the southeast as evening twilight ends.

Jupiter reaches opposition, making it brighter and larger than at any other time this year. A rare transit of its moon Callisto adds to the event, visible with binoculars or a small telescope.

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system (so large, in fact, that some scientists think it might have even consumed other worlds), a gas giant so massive that it shaped the orbits and ...

On Jan. 10, Jupiter will shine at its brightest and largest in 2026, rising at sunset and glowing in the sky until sunrise The gas giant will reach a magnitude of -2.7, making it the fourth brightest ...