These surprising effects, detected in observations from the James Webb Space Telescope , include a cold spot in Jupiter's ...

Ganymede's auroras splinter into small, bright patches — structures that mirror features seen in Earth's own auroral displays ...

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

We already know a decent amount about how planets form, but moon formation is another process entirely, and one we're not as familiar with. Scientists think they understand how the most important moon ...

At around 10:00 p.m. local time on Sunday (Nov. 9), if you look low toward the east-northeast sky, you will see a waning gibbous moon, 72 percent illuminated, and shining prominently below it will be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. There are few sights so fleeting, so delicate, and so ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The action will happen in the east-northeast night sky about ...

Scott Bolton’s first encounter with Io took place in the summer of 1980, right after he graduated from college and started a job at NASA. The Voyager 1 spacecraft had flown past this moon of Jupiter, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. The bright star Sirius dominates the southern sky late this evening, blazing ...