It'll be an active sky over several days in August 2025, with planets visible, meteor showers and nebulas popping up. Here's ...

It'll be an active sky over several days in August 2025, with planets visible, meteor showers and nebulas popping up. Here's ...

Alongside the planets will be the August 2025 full moon, called the sturgeon moon, which is expected to reach peak ...

Why doesn’t Earth have rings? We’re all familiar with the iconic rings of Saturn, but what does it take for a planet to have ...

This rare planetary alignment will be visible from August 10 but will be best viewed later in the month. Here’s everything ...

August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

Plus: The August Full Sturgeon Moon shines, the colorful double star Albireo sparkles, and Mercury reappears in the sky this ...

One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of ...

Jupiter In addition to calibrating Webb’s instruments for Jupiter’s brightness, astronomers must also take into account the planet’s rotation, because Jupiter completes one day in only 10 hours.

That mission also extends to Jupiter's rings and many moons. In December, Juno came within about 930 miles of Io's surface – equal the distance from New York City to Orlando, Florida.

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