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 ...

On 1979, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft took the first photos of rings around Jupiter. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] This was the first time anyone had seen Jupiter’s ...

Never-before-seen temperature and ion density measurements reveal that the effect of Jupiter's moons on its aurora are more complicated than scientists thought.

Jupiter, named for the king of the ancient Roman gods, commands its own mini-version of our solar system of circling satellites; their movements convinced Galileo Galilei that Earth is not the center ...

Spectators are in for a treat this week as they turn to the sky for a blue moon and a bright Saturn and Jupiter. According to NASA, the next full moon of the summer will occur on Sunday when the "blue ...

Jupiter and Saturn look serene through a backyard telescope, but beneath and around their clouds, both worlds are in dramatic flux. Deep inside Jupiter, hydrogen is crushed into a strange liquid metal ...

If you've been waiting with bated breath for scientists to finally point the James Webb space telescope (JWST) at targets within our own solar system, you're in good company—and in luck. New images ...

In September's planetary opera, Jupiter remains sharp, and Saturn 's ring cycle goes flat. Jupiter is ascending the east-southeastern sky at dusk. This large gaseous planet is brilliant (negative ...