But unlike Jupiter, Venus does have phases, going from not illuminated at all (when it is between the Earth and the Sun) to ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hubble Space Telescope imagery created an HD look at the gas giant planet Jupiter. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A rare six-planet parade will stretch across the sky before ...

On August 10, six planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—will line up in an arc in the night sky. Four of these planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn—can be seen with the ...

Just as the Perseid meteor shower approaches its peak, two luminous planets are getting in on the night-sky action. Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets in the sky, will meet in a conjunction ...

The moon greets Jupiter two days ahead of its full moon phase on Feb. 1.

Because it's bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new UC Riverside research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night ...