On December 7th, skywatchers are in for a treat asthe Moon will travel across the sky accompanied by the brilliant planet ...
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As the night grows long and the winter solstice approaches, there’s a host of astronomical events to watch out for, including ...
A NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to Jupiter's moon Io, coming within 930 miles of the "surface of the most volcanic world," and the space agency released new images of the flyby. The ...
Bright stars and a lone bright planet are visible at dusk as December begins. The Summer Triangle of Vega, Altair and Deneb ...
The year 2025 is about to end and an intriguing glimpse of Saturn and Jupiter can be observed with the best beginner telescopes.Primarily, the best time to examine any outer planet is about a ...
This week, you can catch Jupiter and the Moon in close quarters. The waxing-crescent Moon will slide about 3° north of the gas giant on Feb. 15 at around 8h Universal Time. For observers in the ...
Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher encourages observation of Venus and Jupiter in close proximity on August 13. The planets will be visible low in the eastern sky during the morning. Both celestial ...
What processes were responsible for Jupiter’s formation? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to address as an international pair of scientists investigated the physical, ...
How can the solar wind influence Jupiter’s massive magnetic field? This is what a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...
A historic mission to Jupiter is about to blast off. The European Space Agency’s spacecraft nicknamed Juice—for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer—is set to begin an eight-year journey toward the planet and ...
Using images from the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), an international research team including Western's Stanimir Metchev ...