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 ...

Scientists said Thursday that they had spotted an unusually large and light planet orbiting a distant star -- a discovery that could force them to reexamine theories about how planets are formed.

Jupiter is about 0.001 as massive than the sun, but it's sizeable enough that both the sun and Jupiter orbit that point in space. This not-to-scale GIF from NASA illustrates the effect: ...

This in turn means that the planet is three times larger, revealing that Kepler-1658b is actually a hot Jupiter." This refined analysis allowed Kepler-1658b to finally be confirmed as a planet. 3 ...

Monster Sunspot Larger Than Jupiter Stars in Amazing Sun Photos. ... While this is much cooler than the rest if the sun, a single sunspot is still 10 times brighter than the full moon.

Stripes and a few storms like the Great Red Spot dominate the colorful appearance of Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun with a diameter of about 88,850 miles (143,000 km).

Jupiter Used to Be Four Times Farther from the Sun, Study Claims New research explains a strange feature of Jupiter's nearby asteroids by suggesting the planet started out life much farther from home.

Jupiter only reaches opposition once a year. Jupiter Will Look Bigger and Brighter Than Usual This Weekend—Here's How to Catch the Dazzling Display Skip to main content ...