Imagine a Slushee composed of ammonia and water encased in a hard shell of water ice. Now picture these ice-encrusted ...

The planets offer exciting views in April. Jupiter is a brilliant object in the evening sky, although the observing window narrows as the Sun sets later each day. Mars is past its best, but remains ...

Observations of Jupiter show that ammonia is unevenly distributed in the upper atmosphere, against expectations of uniform mixing. Scientists found evidence for a complicated but apparently real ...

Doesn’t Jupiter have the most moons? What are they going to call all these moons? Are there more out there? And what exactly makes something a moon, anyway? These new discoveries cement Saturn ...

A crescent moon (L) is seen with Saturn (upper right) and Jupiter (lower right ... said Vanderbilt University’s David Weintraub, an astronomy professor. “I think it’s fair to say that ...

Click here.) On the night of December 21, sky watchers will witness a rare celestial event - the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. The planets will appear extremely close to each other ...

During the occultation, observers can expect ... source in the universe ‘The Moon King rises’: Saturn’s swarm of 274 Moons leaves Jupiter in the dust ...