The king of the planets of our solar system has entered our late autumn Pottsville night sky and will continue to dominate the early evening heavens through next March. In early November, Earth and ...

Jupiter has the eastern sky all to itself this fall. It's really a head-turner. There are couple reasons for its brighter-than-normal appearance. At opposition, Earth (the faster planet) passes ...

The king of the planets has joined the ringed wonder of our solar system in the early evening Rochester sky. By far, Jupiter and Saturn are the brightest star-like objects in the southeastern sky this ...

The king of the planets will get your attention in the eastern sky this month and will continue to dominate our Rochester night sky well into this coming spring. It reaches its closest approach to ...

Jupiter reaches opposition on December 7th, 2024, resulting in optimal viewing conditions throughout the night as it rises at sunset and sets at sunrise. On December 6th, Jupiter will be at its ...

In just some of many celestial highlights of August 2025, stargazers peeped a "planet parade" and caught a rare Venus and Jupiter conjunction, with plenty more dazzling displays in the night sky to ...

Jupiter (brightest) and Saturn pair up in the southeastern sky in the constellation Capricornus, a faint constellation to the east of the Teapot of Sagittarius (outlined). Bob King Comet NEOWISE has ...

In January 1610, Galileo Galilei, using a newly improved telescope with 20x magnification, observed four celestial bodies orbiting Jupiter, initially appearing as stars. These bodies, later named Io, ...

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers: an object so unfathomably dense and hot that it defies comprehension. Conventional ...

Six planets will be visible in the night sky at the same time at the end of August. Fresh off the excitement of the Perseids meteor shower is a chance to see six planets lined up in the sky at once.

The king of the planets of our solar system has entered our late autumn night sky and will continue to dominate the early evening heavens through next March. In early November, Earth and Jupiter ...