From meteor showers to visible nebulas, August is primed to be an action-packed month for stargazers in the United States. ...

Six planets will appear together in the morning sky this month, marking the final “planetary parade” of the year, according ...

Venus and Jupiter, the brightest planets in our solar system, are about to make their closest approach during their August ...

Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, used to be much bigger and stronger when the solar system was just beginning to take shape, a pair of astronomers say. Two scientists at Caltech and ...

August will bring us an unmissable astronomical event: the union of Venus and Jupiter, two of the brightest planets in the ...

Jupiter, long settled in its position as the fifth planet from our sun, was a rolling stone in its youth. Over the eons, the giant planet roamed toward the center of the solar system and back out ...

People around the world will have a chance this weekend to catch what could be the year’s most stunning view of the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter on Saturday will shine at its ...

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our understanding of how planets take shape — not only in our solar system, but ...