Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're one of the millions of people experiencing springlike warm temperatures this week, it's a great time to look up and see ...

This weekend brings a prime opportunity to see the biggest planet in the solar system shining at its brightest all year. After dominating the night sky for more than a month, Jupiter will reach ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, currently shines as a brilliant silvery "star" in Gemini the Twins, low in the east-northeast sky as dusk slowly fades. It forms an eye-catching ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Early risers this month can see a “planet parade” building ...

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 ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik Jupiter, the ...

Observations of Jupiter show that ammonia is unevenly distributed in the upper atmosphere, against expectations of uniform mixing. Scientists found evidence for a complicated but apparently real ...

Illustration comparing the planets of the Solar System and the Sun on the same scale. The planets are shown to scale relative to each other but their distances are not. From left to right the bodies ...

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 ...