Jupiter and Saturn are getting closer as they near their once-in-20-years #conjunction on Dec 21. Jupiter is brighter, outshining Saturn by 12 times, ...

Jupiter and Saturn's 2020 great conjunction, sometimes referred to as the Christmas star, inspired plenty of skygazers to head outside Monday night to catch a glimpse of the rare event.

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 ...

Therefore, Jupiter closes the gap on Saturn by 18 degrees, each year. In a period of twenty years, Jupiter gains 360 degrees (18 x 20 = 360). For most great conjunctions, Jupiter and Saturn are ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Jupiter and Saturn will merge in the night sky Monday, appearing closer to one another than they have since Galileo’s time in the 17th century.

Saturn may have climbed to first place in 2019, ... The moons, which are yet unnamed, bring Jupiter’s total moon count up to 92. Saturn is once again in second place with 83.

Jupiter and Saturn have actually been incrementally approaching since the summer of this year. Jupiter is five times the distance of Earth from the sun—a whopping 484 million miles away, while ...

Scientists have investigated the different factors shaping celestial light-shows over Earth, Saturn and Jupiter. The resulting framework could help predict risky space weather.

Using DESY's X-ray laser FLASH, researchers took a sneak peek deep into the lower atmospheric layers of giant gas planets such as Jupiter or Saturn. The observations reveal how liquid hydrogen ...

"Jupiter, Saturn, the moon, and Venus above Falcon and Dragon tonight," SpaceX said in the caption. (Incidentally, Pad 39A used to host moonbound missions of Saturn V rockets during the crewed ...