A distant Jupiter-like planet has revealed an unexpected secret: water-ice clouds hiding in its atmosphere. The discovery, made with JWST, shows these alien worlds are more complex than scientists ...
A giant planet circling a nearby star has given astronomers a rare look at what a colder, more Jupiter-like world can be like ...
Just 12 light-years from Earth, the closest known super-Jupiter has thrown a wrench into atmospheric science. New ...
If you have binoculars, you may even spot some of Jupiter’s largest moons as tiny pinpoints beside the planet ...
It may not be top of the list for any colonisation plans by Elon Musk, but has intrigued scientists studying it with the ...
A waxing crescent moon will pass just a few degrees from Jupiter tonight, creating one of April’s most striking naked-eye sky pairings.
The Artemis II mission, which took four US astronauts around the Moon and to a record-breaking distance from Earth, was a ...
Scientists have discovered unexpected water-ice clouds on a distant, Jupiter-like exoplanet, challenging current atmospheric ...
A new study reveals how Jupiter’s powerful magnetic field helped its moons survive, while Saturn lost most of its large moons ...
If you’re in the mood for a little late-night magic, you’re in luck! Just after midnight, the moon — now passing its last quarter phase — will light up the east-northeastern horizon, cozying up right ...
Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed in the first million years after the Sun was born. Others, including the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Early risers are this week being treated to the sight of a ...