Earth is right in between Jupiter and the Sun right now. That makes the gas giant appear brighter. Here's how to watch.

Jupiter's moon count reaches 95+ official satellites. Explore the history of the Jovian system, from Galileo to the latest NASA discoveries.

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Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...

The earth (and humanity) would be very different without our smaller red neighbor. In A Nutshell Computer simulations show ...

That would make it thousands of times more massive than any moon orbiting a solar system plane  — so massive it could make ...

Much of Wales and indeed the UK experienced a display of the northern lights on Monday and Tuesday night following a significant solar storm which whisked charged particles from the Sun in our ...

A new discovery suggests the possibility of an exomoon with an unprecedentedly large mass, thousands of times larger than any ...

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if ...

This doesn’t mean Mars causes ice ages on its own. Orbital cycles are only part of the picture. Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, ...

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the extent to which Mars is quietly tugging on Earth's orbit and shaping the ...