A pair of massive thunderstorms have been spotted swirling in Jupiter's "South Equatorial Belt" and are likely unleashing ...

For the past eight years, NASA's Juno spacecraft has been zooming around giant Jupiter. By the end of 2024, it will have made a total of 68 close passes around the planet, snapping pictures of its ...

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet with a tail, like a gigantic comet. The planet, known as WASP-69b, is slowly ...

Earlier this month, researchers announced they found the smallest asteroids ever detected within the main belt, which is a ...

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On December 7, the “king of planets” will line up with the Earth and sun in an event known as opposition. It will be visible all night and offer prime viewing, especially through binoculars or a teles ...

On Monday, the Moon in Libra forms a harmonious trine aspect with Jupiter in Gemini. According to the daily horoscope, it’s ...

Thomas Zurbuchen was the head of science at NASA from 2016 to 2022.

The odd atmosphere of a fledgling exoplanet is causing astronomers to question leading theories of how planets form.

Unlike Earth, which experiences four main seasons of temperature changes, Jupiter’s atmosphere experiences some odd changes of its own. Unlike Earth, where the changes are more uniform and ...

Jupiter is mostly a big ball of hydrogen and helium gas. Still, in its outer atmosphere, methane, ammonia, sulfur and other gases create multi-color cloud bands. There are two darker bands of ...