Jupiter currently shines as a brilliant silvery "star" in the constellation Gemini the Twins, low in the east-northeast sky ...

This article will explore Jupiter's visibility, its fascinating characteristics, and how to observe it, especially during this winter season. The Visibility of Jupiter in Winter Jupiter rises around ...

Jupiter reaches opposition once a year, when Earth passes directly between it and the Sun, creating the best possible viewing ...

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Explore the incredible lengths humanity must go to reach the solar system’s giants. From months-long trips to Mars to ...

New calculations reported by Live Science indicate Jupiter was once much larger and is still contracting as it cools, offering constraints on early solar system conditions.

A new study is skeptical that life could still be present on Jupiter's moon Europa, where a NASA spacecraft launched in ...

CLEVELAND — With so much focus on the total solar eclipse right now, I thought some stellar solar system facts would shake up your universe. Let me take you back to grade school and the solar system ...

Berkeley — A bound pair of icy comets similar to the dirty snowballs circling outside the orbit of Neptune has been found lurking in the shadow of Jupiter. Astronomers at the University of California, ...

Twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter have been found — 11 “normal” outer moons, and one that they’re calling an “oddball.” This brings Jupiter’s total number of known moons to a whopping 79 — the most of ...