On Jan. 10, Jupiter will shine at its brightest and largest in 2026, rising at sunset and glowing in the sky until sunrise The gas giant will reach a magnitude of -2.7, making it the fourth brightest ...

This weekend, Jupiter reaches opposition — its closest and brightest point of the year. Rising at sunset in the east and shining all night long, it will dominate the sky with a steady white brilliance ...

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Jupiter reaches opposition, the point in its orbit where the planet is opposite the sun in our sky. This brings the gas giant to its closest of the year, making it bright and easy to spot in the ...

This week, the giant planet Jupiter will be at its closest approach to Earth in 2026, offering skywatchers an unmissable view. The planet is extremely bright and easy to spot in the night sky. Jupiter ...

The giant planet Jupiter has nearly 100 known moons, yet none have captured the interest and imagination of astronomers and space scientists quite like Europa, an ice-shrouded world that is thought to ...

Astronomy enthusiasts and even the general public can enjoy watching Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, as it comes unusually close to Earth this week, presenting one of the brightest ...

Solar system’s biggest planet will be close enough to reveal its largest moons through a pair of modest binoculars The giant planet Jupiter reaches its closest approach to the Earth in 2026 this week.

Jupiter, the bright dot at left, gleams below the stars Pollux (bottom) and Castor in Gemini. At right is Orion and his famous three-starred Belt. Jupiter, the king of the planets, will be closest to ...

SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed as a “super-Jupiter” has substantial differences from our solar system’s ...

Is the gas giant about to have a close encounter of the 3I kind? Harvard scientist Avi Loeb claims that 3I/ATLAS’ bizarre trajectory suggests that it’s sending “satellites” to Jupiter to gather intel ...

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is expected to make its closest pass of the Earth just under a month from now, coming within around 170 million miles of us. Three months later, it’s expected to get even ...