This is a montage of NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope views of our solar system's four giant outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, each shown in enhanced color. The images were taken ...

Note: images online at http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2002/phot-04-02.html With its new NAOS-CONICA Adaptive Optics facility, the ESO Very Large Telescope ...

Keep a close look at the sky and you may what looks like a 'Christmas Star' Keep a close look at the night sky in December and you may see a rare occurrence between the two biggest planets in our ...

Studies of Jupiter’s auroras by scientists from the University of Leicester have challenged current theories about the processes controlling the biggest light-shows in the Solar System. The scientists ...

Over the next few weeks, a stunning parade of planets will glow across the night sky, putting on a celestial spectacle that both amateur and seasoned stargazers can easily observe. All month, four ...

LOS ANGELES - Stargazers are in for a dazzling weekend as the moon appears close to Saturn and Jupiter this weekend in a celestial event called an appulse. An appulse occurs when two or more ...

Discover the epic journey to Jupiter and Saturn as we break down decades of NASA missions, from Pioneer and Voyager flybys to ...

How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth. How many moons it has: At ...

Now might be the time to wipe the dust off that pair of binoculars and extract the family telescope from the back of the closet: Saturn is about to put on its best and brightest show, looking spiffier ...

Did you catch the greens and pinks of the northern lights Sunday night? What a show! This time of year, we have more of a chance to see the aurora borealis because of the orientation of the Earth's ...

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