Jupiter has a lot of moons: 67 of them, at last count. That's five more than Saturn. All of these satellites dance around the planet, passing in front of and behind it, disappearing into its shadow.

Venus and Jupiter meet in the early morning sky. The two are low: only about 10 degrees above the horizon. They will get higher in the sky as dawn approaches, but the sky will also brighten.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has returned new images of Jupiter after its 66th close flyby as it enters the final year of its mission. The $1 billion spacecraft completed its latest close flyby on Oct ...

At left are Jupiter and its moon, Io; right is a false-color Venus. (NASA illustration) Have you noticed the two bright lights in the western sky at nightfall this month? They're the king and ...

The photo was released Thursday after being captured by NASA's Juno mission as it completed its 31st close flyby of Jupiter on Dec. 30, 2020. The spacecraft was about 19,000 miles above Jupiter's ...

Jupiter sets record after 12 new moons discovered An image from Jupiter taken by NASA's JunoCam shows a bright green dot on the planet's north pole. Turns out, the glowing orb is a lightning bolt ...

Living Reach for the Stars: Lonely planet drifts in 'splendid isolation' Published: Jan. 15, 2014, 11:10 p.m. By The Republican 010814-psoj318.522-sun-jupiter.JPG ...

For tiny discs, such as the moons of Jupiter, bigger is definitely better. My Ganymede images were made using an 11-inch telescope.

Observations from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveal that Jupiter’s strong magnetic field and the unique properties of its plasma can produce a truly novel kind of extraterrestrial wave near its poles ...