During January 2025, a large planetary conjunction involving four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will be visible ...
A pair of massive thunderstorms have been spotted swirling in Jupiter's "South Equatorial Belt" and are likely unleashing ...
In November, Pettit captured the trail SpaceX's giant Starship megarocket made in Earth's atmosphere during its sixth-ever ...
New research from a team of citizen scientists challenges the old idea that Jupiter's visible clouds are formed of ammonia ...
Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant stars, Galileo’s repeated observations over several nights and realized ...
NASA's Juno spacecraft made a close flyby of Jupiter moon lo. See an animation of the images the probe captured created by Koji Kuramura and Gerald Eichstädt. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS | ...
Each evening, enjoy a sweeping view of four planets at once. Also look for Mars occulted by the Moon and meteors!
The first full moon of 2025 is nearly here. Dubbed the "wolf moon" for its connection to wolves calling on those long January ...
A rare four-planet conjunction will be visible most of this month as Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars light up the sky.
NASA astronaut Don Petit's video of the aurora, filmed from the ISS, has captivated many with its vibrant green hues, though ...
A solar eclipse crossed North America. Two robotic landers reached the lunar surface, largely intact. The most powerful ...
January's skywatching highlights include four planets visible to the naked eye, Venus and Saturn's conjoin, and red planet ...