The moon and Jupiter will meet up in the night sky on Oct. 1, offering a pairing of the two brightest objects in the night sky. Skywatchers who are out during the late evening hours on Sunday will ...

Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center)) Yesterday Jupiter was positioned opposite of the sun in our sky. This means the planet is rising as the sun is setting and that it is at its closest to ...

The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky.

Stargazers that spent time outside last week to watch the Perseid meteor shower likely saw Jupiter as it was the brightest object in the sky after the moon set during the first part of the night.

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This weekend will bring a striking event for sky watchers, as Jupiter is will be at its biggest and brightest. This is a great opportunity to look up and see one of the brightest objects in the sky.

Uranus reappears in the morning sky before dawn. We’ll start in the evening soon after sunset on June 1. You can spot Jupiter hanging low in the western sky. It shines at magnitude –1.9 and ...

Stargazers that spent time outside last week to watch the Perseid meteor shower likely saw Jupiter as it was the brightest object in the sky after the moon set during the first part of the night.