If you're at all interested in things astronomical, people might ask you what's that "big star" in the east. It's not the Star of Bethlehem. This is Jupiter, the largest of our solar system's planets.

With the summer sun preparing to bathe the Southern Hemisphere in golden daylight, the skies of the Northern Hemisphere are being shrouded in inky darkness. Though this darkness is on our side. The ...

The Perseids will peak overnight, but it is worthwhile to get outside and see it Tuesday night as well. Start watching after 11 p.m. local time and especially in the hours before dawn to look for them ...

What's that bright object in the eastern sky around 9 o'clock? A planet 11 times larger than Earth! Clouds seem to reach for Jupiter, which is reflected in a lake near Duluth, Minn., earlier this ...

Jupiter will dazzle the night sky on Monday! Sept. 26, as the sun sets, go outside and look for bright Jupiter rising in the east! Opposition refers to when a celestial body is opposite the sun in our ...

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 ...

The top half of the frame shows Jupiter and its four brightest moons through a telephoto lens — similar to what you'd see through binoculars. The bottom half zooms in to show each moon's unique ...