The dark hot spot in this false-color space wallpaper from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is a window deep into Jupiter's atmosphere. All around it are layers of higher clouds, with colors indicating ...

A map of Jupiter's magnetic field highlighting the anomalous Great Blue Spot near the planet's equator. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/John E. Connerney) Scientists previously knew this ...

During opposition, Jupiter is at its closest point to Earth in its orbit—typically around 367 million miles away—making it appear brighter and larger in the night sky. This event happens ...

Jupiter turns blue before in-depth exam Swirling bright streaks in this Jupiter aurora are the footprints of three large moons December 15, 2000 Web posted at: 4:06 PM EST (2106 GMT) (CNN) -- An ...

NASA has posted a stunning image of a blue "fireball meteor" and a rare look at Jupiter with the naked eye, thanks to the work of a quick-thinking photographer.

Jupiter's twirling, swirling cloud tops look like a sheet of blue velvet in a new image from NASA's Juno probe. The image was created by citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran using raw ...

It is not actually blue; the name is an artifact of the color scheme used in mapping Jupiter’s magnetic field. Indeed, photographs yield no visible hints of the Great Blue Spot.

If you want to see Saturn, Jupiter, and the blue moon on the same night, you won't have to look very far. Saturn comes relatively close the moon on August 20, appearing just 3.8 degrees north of it.