Hey, guess what? Another rare celestial event? Bingo! On Tuesday, December 24 (yes, Christmas Eve), Jupiter and Saturn will meet — forming a 90-degree angle, a “square” in astrology-speak — for the ...

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 ...

If you're wondering what kind of telescope you need to see Saturn and Jupiter, you're halfway to the answer. Although either of the two main types of telescope — refractors and reflectors — can be ...

Huge, hundred-year storms on our gas giant neighbors might reveal clues about the weather on far-off exoplanets, scientists have found. While we have known for a while that Jupiter's enormous, ...

Plus, the Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of Dec. 13-14, and the winter solstice arrives Dec. 21 at 10:03 a.m.

Saturn has seized the title of moon king. Astronomers have just discovered as many as 128 new moons orbiting Saturn. This brings Saturn's grand total to 274 moons. To put it into perspective, that's ...

Jupiter and Saturn merged in the night sky on Dec. 21, 2020 for the "Great Conjunction," appearing closer to one another than they have since Galileo’s time in the 17th century. Astronomers say ...

It's an excellent week to go skywatching as the moon creeps up to the two largest planets in our solar system. On Thursday (Sept. 16), it will be the turn of what many consider to be the most ...