Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, February 6The bright star Sirius dominates the southern sky ...

Scientists using Juno report Jupiter is smaller than previously thought, enhancing understanding of its shape, interior density, gravitational field, and comparison to other gas giant planets ...

For over 50 years, we thought we knew the size and shape of Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. Now, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have revised that knowledge using new data and ...

Asharq Al Awsat Jupiter, without a doubt, is the biggest planet in our solar system. But it turns out that it is not quite as large - by ever so small an amount - as scientists had previously thought.

Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System and the fifth planet from the Sun. It is a massive gas giant made mostly of hydrogen and helium, the same elements that form stars.

The planet Jupiter, a gas giant and the king of our Solar System, has just been measured as slightly smaller than what is ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has forced planetary scientists to reconsider something they thought was settled: how big Jupiter actually is. New measurements show the solar system’s largest planet is ...

For over 50 years, we thought we knew the size and shape of Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. Now, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers ...

Sunrise and sunset • Sun rises at 7:10 a.m. and sets at 5:21 p.m. on the 1st • Sun rises at 6:36 a.m. and sets at 5:52 p.m. on the 28th Moon’s phases • Full “Snow Moon” on the 1st • New moon on ...

With Area 51 ruled out by President Obama, where might aliens really be hiding? Scientists have now revealed the best candidates.

Celestron FirstScope 76: Very affordable and ideal for kids or as a quick backyard scope. Despite the small size, you can easily catch the craters of the moon and even glimpse Jupiter’s moons.

There’s no mistaking Jupiter in the sky these winter evenings, rising in the southeast as evening twilight ends. In fact, you should be able to easily see it long before twilight fades. Jupiter is by ...