This is also around the time when the planet is closest to the Earth, making it appear particularly bright. Jupiter will be visible all night along -- no telescope required. However, stargazers ...

Only the three stars that make up the Alpha Centauri system lie closer to us. The planets newly discovered around Barnard’s ...

Dec. 9, 2024 — A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) obtains long-term baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in ...

An intrepid NASA probe orbiting Jupiter has beamed home humanity's closest-ever views of one of the most recognizable features in the solar system: the Great Red Spot. The 10,000 mile-wide storm ...

An image taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows auroras extending beyond the north and south poles of Jupiter. Scientists said the composite snapshot sums up previous research of the planet.