With the gas giants now close to their best, here are the best refractors, Maksutov-Cassegrain and Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes to help you see Saturn’s rings and the cloud bands of Jupiter. When you ...

But unlike Jupiter, Venus does have phases, going from not illuminated at all (when it is between the Earth and the Sun) to ...

NASA's James Webb Telescope has captured auroras on Jupiter that have hundreds of times more energy than those here on Earth. Jupiter's auroras are like the "Northern Lights, but way bigger!" NASA ...

CINCINNATI — The planet Jupiter is putting on quite a show in our night sky this month, and you don't need any special equipment to enjoy it. Dean Regas, known as "America's Astronomer" and a local ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jupiter’s dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth, new images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal. The solar system’s largest planet displays ...

If you're up late on Monday night (Oct. 13), or awake in the predawn hours of Tuesday (Oct. 14), look east for a striking sight. The moon, just hours past its last quarter phase, will rise above the ...

Because it's bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new UC Riverside research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night ...