Opposition occurs when Earth flies between Jupiter and the sun, bringing the planet opposite the sun in our sky, EarthSky reports. The celestial event will be visible by 4 p.m. EST, as Jupiter ...

On average, Jupiter orbits at about 483,682,810 miles (778,412,020 kilometers) from the sun. That's 5.203 times farther than Earth's average distance from the sun. At perihelion, when Jupiter is ...

“We’ve identified a star-orbiting hot Jupiter-like object that is the hottest ever found, about 2,000 degrees hotter than the surface of the Sun,” said lead author of the study Na’ama ...

Jupiter is already the biggest planet by far in our solar system, but new research suggests it was somehow once even larger than it is now. Twice as large, in fact.

Jupiter does not orbit around the sun. It is so big, so massive, that it orbits a different center of gravity or barycenter, than all the other planets in our solar system.

Jupiter is closer to the earth than it’s been in 59 years right now, and this is why. Here’s everything you need to know about spotting it while it is at it’s biggest and brightest this week.

Jupiter is about to be larger, ... Jupiter will rise in the east Monday night as the sun sets in the west. Greater Cincinnati’s best viewing window will be around 1:30 a.m.

Based on their calculations, researchers believe early Jupiter was 2 to 2.5 times larger than it is today with a much more powerful magnetic field. ... ‘The sun has been eaten’: ...

If you're wanting to see Jupiter at sunset, have your back against the sun and look at the horizon. "At sunset, you're looking to the east," Professor Horner says. "It's bang on east, pretty much." ...