Look east around 4 a.m. local time, just before dawn, to see the slender form of the crescent moon climb above the horizon.

Following Saturn is Venus, rising in New York at 2:51 a.m. on July 25. Venus is in Taurus, and so bright that it is ...

The Moon and Jupiter share the morning sky as they rise together in Gemini the Twins. The pair is about 3° high in the ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

A long-standing mystery about the presence of hydrogen peroxide on Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa may be closer to being ...

The moon and Jupiter will meet-up with Jupiter for one last time in 2023 on Friday (Dec. 22), with the two bodies making a close approach to each other in the sky as they reach conjunction.

Two new moons have been discovered orbiting Jupiter, bringing the total number of natural satellites orbiting the gas giant ...

Jupiter now has a total of 92 moons, more than any other planet in the solar system. Getty Images/iStockphoto Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a ...

There's a new moon king in our solar system: 12 new moons were discovered around Jupiter, which makes it the planet with the most moons. Jupiter is already the biggest planet in our solar system.

Jupiter moons Callisto and Ganymede are among the biggest in the solar system, and potential grounds for liquid water and alien life. NASA's JUICE mission will probe them for signs of both.

Jupiter has 12 new moons, 79 total in orbit: Scientists. There are 11 retrograde moons and an “oddball," scientists say. By Bopha Phorn. July 18, 2018, 3:13 PM. 0:59.