January 7, 2021 Forget the Christmas Star: Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn will form rare 'triple conjunction' This weekend, Mercury will join Jupiter and Saturn in what is being dubbed as a "triple conjunction," as the three planets will be within a couple of degrees from one another in the night sky.
December 22, 2020 'Christmas star' in pictures: Jupiter and Saturn come together in rare celestial event NASA has released a slew of pictures of the "Christmas star," a celestial event where the two largest planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, form what looks like a double planet.
December 21, 2020 Christmas star is coming: Jupiter and Saturn are about to do something not seen for nearly 800 years This year has been a year unlike any other in recent memory and it will conclude with the return of a celestial event not seen for almost 800 years.
November 23, 2020 Jupiter and Saturn are about to do something not seen for nearly 800 years The two largest planets in the Solar System, Jupiter and Saturn have fascinated astronomers for hundreds of years. But the two gas giants will do something next month not seen since the Middle Ages -- they will look like a double planet.
September 30, 2020 Jupiter, Saturn spotted over legendary Bronze Age structure A remarkable picture shows the two largest planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, in the night sky over the legendary Mitchell's Fold stone circle.
June 30, 2020 Ocean on Jupiter's moon 'could be habitable,' researchers say With NASA slated to explore Jupiter's moon Europa sometime in the next decade, researchers are increasingly confident that the ocean on the celestial satellite "could be habitable."
June 29, 2020 NASA wants to use a steam-powered robot to explore icy moons that could host alien life NASA's plans to explore the ice moons of the Solar System are getting more detail as the space agency is developing a robot that would use steam to power itself in deep space.
May 29, 2020 Mysterious 'active' object in Jupiter's orbit isn't so mysterious at all After originally believing the "continuously active" object in Jupiter's orbit was the first-known "Trojan asteroid" like it, scientists have issued a correction and it's just a regular comet.
May 14, 2020 Jupiter's tumultuous northern region seen in detailed NASA image NASA's Juno mission captured a stunning image of Jupiter's tumultuous northern regions during the spacecraft's approach to the planet earlier this year.
