Jupiter will be at its most spectacular in 2026 in the early hours of Jan. 10, as it shines above the eastern horizon among ...

Shining in the constellation Gemini near the bright stars Pollux and Castor, Jupiter's opposition is the best time to see the ...

Jupiter steals the spotlight in January as it reaches its brightest and biggest appearance of the year. The month also ...

Observations of the two solar system gas giants have revealed that Jupiter 's north pole hosts a central polar vortex ...

Spectacular clouds swirl across the surface of Jupiter. These clouds contain water, just like Earth's, but are much denser on ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have spotted a previously unseen structure in the atmosphere above Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

On January 7, 1610, the Italian astronomer Galileo discovered three of Jupiter's moons: Callisto, Europa and Io. When he looked at Jupiter through his telescope, he saw what he thought were three tiny ...

One of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station photographed a curtain of aurora hovering over blue twilight over northeastern Kazakhstan recently. Click to enlarge.

Europa is one of Jupiter’s 95 moons, and, perhaps, among the planet’s most famous orbiters. It’s covered in a shell of ice ...

Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble to study the auroras of Jupiter. Credit: ESA / NASA / CSA / J. Nichols / M. Zamani Astronomers have zoomed in on Jupiter's poles to get a ...

The giant planet Jupiter has nearly 100 known moons, yet none have captured the interest and imagination of astronomers and space scientists quite like Europa, an ice-shrouded world that is thought to ...

Pullout of aurora observations on Jupiter NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Ricardo Hueso (UPV), Imke de Pater (UC Berkeley), Thierry Fouchet (Observatory of Paris), Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester), ...