Advising readers to scan the night sky this time of year always feels a little awkward, because the Pacific Northwest’s ...

While Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been a constant feature of the planet for centuries, a team of astronomers have discovered ...

Transits, occultations, eclipses, and shadow transits of the jovian moons are perfect events for telescopic viewing.

A bright new 'star' will appear in the night sky this week as the planet Jupiter is visible for the last time until 2026. The ...

I don’t know why, but I always miss the planet Jupiter when it’s not in our evening sky. Sure, we’ve now got dazzling Venus lighting up our western sky at ...

Jupiter reaches a stunning opposition, Mars is brilliant, Saturn and Venus light the evening sky, and Mercury rises before ...

Unusual vortices tied to Jupiter’s magnetic field may be driving massive formations of atmospheric haze close to the giant ...

Here’s everything you need to know about astrophotography in December 2024: ...

Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the PacificJupiter is our solar system's undisputed king of the planets! Jupiter is ...

Learn how you can see bright Jupiter from Earth, helped by its massive size and banded, reflective cloud tops, in December's ...

Scientists have discovered Earth-sized dark UV spots at Jupiter's poles, likely caused by magnetically driven vortices ...

As darkness falls, Jupiter, nearing its biggest and brightest for 2024 rises north of due east and remains on display ...