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.

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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 ...

New measurements show Jupiter is slightly smaller and flatter, improving models of its interior and atmosphere.

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

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

New data from NASA's Juno orbiter reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and more 'squashed' than scientists previously thought.

Jupiter, without a doubt, is ⁠the biggest planet in our solar system. But it turns out that it is not quite as large – by ...