From our perspective here on Earth, come Wednesday, Aug. 14, the red planet and the great gas giant will be in their closest proximity since 2018. The duo will not appear this near again until ...

Look east before dawn on Wednesday, Aug. 14, to see the giant planet and the Red Planet just a third of a degree from one another in a rare planetary conjunction.

The Red Spot is the largest known storm in the solar system, taking up one-sixth the diameter of Jupiter itself. It’s so big that it could swallow Earth into its swirling oval of clouds ...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, the solar system’s largest storm, wiggles like gelatin and contracts like a stress ball, new observations from Hubble Space Telescope find.

This decrease in brightness will make it possible to see the red dot of Mars and the larger star Jupiter next to it. The Jupiter—Mars conjunction as it appeared on August 14. NASA ...

Just look up: December's cosmic calendar is packed with two meteor showers—the Geminids and Ursids—and the best view of Jupiter visible to the naked eye until 2026. The first event of the ...

All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark, according to NASA.Uranus ...

In a solar system full of wonders, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot still stands out. This lushly red oval is obvious even through small telescopes, looking like a baleful eye staring out from the ...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, the solar system’s largest storm, wiggles like gelatin and contracts like a stress ball, new observations from Hubble Space Telescope find.