The James Webb Space Telescope reveals active volcanoes on Io in unprecedented detail thanks to an innovative technique.
An international team of scientists, led by a PhD researcher from Northumbria University, has made groundbreaking discoveries about a spectacular feature of Jupiter’s northern lights, revealing a ...
The findings suggest that the gas giant's atmosphere reacts instantly to activity involving its orbiting moons.
Turn a telescope to the eastern sky in the hours following midnight on Nov. 5 to see two colossal shadows darken the cloud tops of the gas giant Jupiter as the Galilean moons Io and Europa pass ...
Never-before-seen temperature and ion density measurements reveal that the effect of Jupiter's moons on its aurora are more complicated than scientists thought.
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 ...
Astronomers have found four new moons orbiting Jupiter and 11 new moons around Saturn.
The giant planet Jupiter is back in our evening sky this week. Fresh from its opposition with the sun on Jan. 10, it now lies as close to the Earth as it ever comes, and shines at its most brilliant.
The giant planet Jupiter is back in our evening sky this week. Fresh from its opposition with the sun on Jan. 10, it now lies as close to the Earth as it ever comes, and shines at its most brilliant.
This all-inclusive refractor is best for observing planets and the moon, but still able to give skywatchers some glimpses of deep-sky objects.