Saturn (above) and Jupiter (below) in the sky above a church in New York City. Gary Hershorn Photographers from around the world captured Jupiter and Saturn aligning almost perfectly in the night sky ...

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 ...

The holiday season holds a special gift, as skygazers on Earth will be treated to a great conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn. On December 21, the two largest planets in our solar system ...

If you're wondering what kind of telescope you need to see Saturn and Jupiter, you're halfway to the answer. Although either of the two main types of telescope — refractors and reflectors — can be ...

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 ...

Plus, the Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of Dec. 13-14, and the winter solstice arrives Dec. 21 at 10:03 a.m.

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, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 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. Astronomers say so-called ...

Jupiter and Saturn, the two largest planets in our solar system, came closer together than they have been in 400 years on Monday. This great conjunction made a bright splash in the night sky and was ...

One of the top astronomy events of 2020 put on a brief, but impressive, show in the sky around the globe after sunset on Dec. 21, an event unlike any other in nearly 800 years. About once every 20 ...

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. Astronomers say so-called ...