"The closest planet to the star ... so astronomers suspect they formed like Saturn and Jupiter, wherein they forged dense solid cores and then gravitationally pulled plentiful surrounding gases ...

This is also around the time when the planet is closest to the Earth ... also catch a glimpse of its four largest moons. An image of what Jupiter and its four largest moons look like through ...

Mars and the moon will also be in conjunction tonight. If you're lucky enough to have clear skies tonight, you can catch a ...

Say hello to one of the Milky Way's neighbors! This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a scene from one of the ...

An artificially colored view of Jupiter as seen in ultraviolet light. In addition to the Great Red Spot, which appears blue, another oval feature can be seen in the brown haze at Jupiter's south pole.

Astronomers have identified the closest ever Einstein ring, a rare phenomenon where light from a further-off galaxy is bent by the gravity of a galaxy closer to Earth. The ring was previously ...

However, thanks to some serious space detective work, including a powerful new tool called MAROON-X, a team of scientists was ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.--NASA’s Juno spacecraft has made the closest approach to Jupiter’s tantalizing, icy moon Europa in more than 20 years. Juno on Thursday zipped within approximately 352 ...

Image credit: Dr James O’Donoghue, University of Reading. “We've studied Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus in increasing detail over the past decade. These giant planets are not as resistant to the ...