Astronomers believe the Star of Bethlehem or "Christmas Star" could have been a real event explained by something as simple as Jupiter in opposition, which happens this year a few weeks before ...

The bright star seen in the eastern evening sky in recent weeks isn't a star, it's a planet. Jupiter is at its closest (380,161,047 miles away by my math), and as a result, biggest and brightest this ...

At opposition, Saturn's rings subtend 43" across, and the ochre disk of Saturn itself spans 19". Incidentally, on a good pass, the International Station has a visual span roughly equivalent to ...

A solar wind event from 2017 that hit Jupiter and compressed its magnetosphere created a hot region spanning half Jupiter's circumference.