Collaborative work by amateur and professional astronomers has helped to resolve a long-standing misunderstanding about the composition of Jupiter's clouds. Instead of being formed of ammonia ice -- ...

New research from a team of citizen scientists challenges the old idea that Jupiter's visible clouds are formed of ammonia ...

Accessible to anyone the world over, witnessing the majesty of the solar system, including the Milky Way, and its billions of ...

A pair of massive thunderstorms have been spotted swirling in Jupiter's "South Equatorial Belt" and are likely unleashing ...

I absolutely love stargazing in January. It’s worth bundling up for. Nights are long with some of the brightest ...

The new year will be a busy one in the night sky with celestial sights of all types for everyone to enjoy, many of which can ...

Our next weather system brings a chance of occasional showers on Saturday, and potentially more potent rains at some point on ...

I absolutely love stargazing in January. It’s worth bundling up for! Butler nights are long with some of the brightest ...

Mars reaches its much-anticipated opposition with the sun on Jan. 15, when Earth passes between Mars and the sun. Because ...

This week, it’s around 382 million miles away ... With a telescope, you can also easily see some of Jupiter’s brighter cloud bands on the planet’s disk. Jupiter is mostly a big ball of ...

This map shows the eastern sky and rising winter constellations on Dec. 16 around 7 p.m. local ... interior may be made of rock, Jupiter is mostly gas and clouds with no solid surface.