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.

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 ...

On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing 2,403 people and catapulting the United ...

The year 2025 is about to end and an intriguing glimpse of Saturn and Jupiter can be observed with the best beginner telescopes.Primarily, the best time to examine any outer planet is about a ...

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 ...

Steady thoughts bring calm choices and clarity. Early hours may bring misreads as fiery Mars forms a quincunx to expansive ...

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, ...

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 ...

Jupiter, the fifth planet in our solar system and by far most massive, is a treasure trove of scientific discovery. Last year a pair of studies found that the planet’s iconic Great Red Spot is 40 ...