Hey, guess what? Another rare celestial event? Bingo! On Tuesday, December 24 (yes, Christmas Eve), Jupiter and Saturn will meet — forming a 90-degree angle, a “square” in astrology-speak — for the ...

Life in our solar system could exist, even on the icy recesses of Jupiter and Saturn's moons, contends research by Maryland's Goddard Flight Facility. Europa, a moon of Jupiter, and Enceladus, a moon ...

Mind-Blowing Facts About Life, Space, and Everything In Between: 25 Facts That Are Surprisingly Scientifically Proven: ...

Keep a close look at the sky and you may what looks like a 'Christmas Star' Keep a close look at the night sky in December and you may see a rare occurrence between the two biggest planets in our ...

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This weekend, the moon will work together with two planets to put on a sky show worth pulling out a telescope for. Jupiter and Saturn will align, with the moon appearing at a different point between ...

With the discovery of several more moons around the gas giant, Jupiter has narrowly beat out Saturn as the moon king. For now, at least. Reading time 2 minutes Jupiter is a superstar in our solar ...

Huge, hundred-year storms on our gas giant neighbors might reveal clues about the weather on far-off exoplanets, scientists have found. While we have known for a while that Jupiter's enormous, ...

Ice moons such as Jupiter’s Europa and Saturn’s Enceladus are currently at the forefront of the search for extraterrestrial life, as it is believed that beneath their thick icy shells there are vast ...

On Jupiter and Saturn, half-inch diamonds fall from the atmosphere like rain. No, this writer isn't enjoying a particularly opulent LSD trip: New research by a NASA scientist says that up to 1,000 ...

Jupiter, the fifth planet in our solar system and by far most massive, is a treasure trove of scientific discovery. Last year a pair of studies found that the planet’s iconic Great Red Spot is 40 ...