Venus is the brightest planet and can be seen on the right side ... one might think. A Jupiter and Venus conjunction happens about once a year, and conjunctions between other planets happen ...

Jupiter's "great red spot" can also be seen in the image although it is bright white due to the large amount of light that is reflecting off it and other clouds. Since infrared light is invisible ...

When it eventually did, Galileo was amazed to see Jupiter wasn’t alone. There were several small, pinprick stars flanking it — two on one side, one on the other — all bathed in the bright ...

on one side of Jupiter and two (Ganymede and Callisto) on the other. But at 11:28 p.m. EDT (0328 GMT Monday, Aug. 15), the fourth moon (Europa) will emerge into view from behind the disk of ...

While the Hubble Space Telescope has been snapping gorgeous photos of Jupiter for decades, new Jupiter images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope in August, invite comparison. Studied side by ...

When in opposition, a planet is on the opposite side of Earth from ... Because of Earth's and Jupiter's differing orbits around the sun, they don't pass each other at the same distance each ...

In the hunt for exoplanets, many seek out habitable worlds. There's comfort in discovering planets that remind us of ...

Stunning new Jupiter photos from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveal storms, cloud bands, and its volcanic moon Io as the mission ...

This weekend, Jupiter will be at opposition—offering ... the planet at opposition will be right above your head—and the sun, on the other side of the Earth, will be right below your feet.