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Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...
Mars and the moon will also be in conjunction tonight. If you're lucky enough to have clear skies tonight, you can catch a ...
Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons as well. While some TNOs could be called dwarf planets because of their ...
Juno is scheduled for an upcoming flyby of Jupiter on May 7, during which it is set to carry out a close approach of the ...
Catch two transits of Io, spot sparkling star clusters, and view Mars at aphelion while the April Full Moon lights the sky ...
Sunrise: 6:56 A.M. Sunset: 7:17 P.M. Moonrise: 4:25 A.M. Moonset: 1:42 P.M. Today starts a run of events taking place around mighty Jupiter, as its Galilean moons show off while they dance in ...
In March and April 2025, internet users shared a striking image that they claimed showed "Steeple Mountain," a massive point ...
April marks the last time to see Jupiter at its best before its observing window closes. On Tuesday evening (April 1), Jupiter will shine at a magnitude of -2, located around 40 degrees above the west ...
Jupiter has 95, Uranus has 28 and Neptune has 16, for a total of 142 moons. We only need to discover ten more moons around Saturn to give it double the number of all the other planets combined.