Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. With Venus and Jupiter beginning to drift apart after their ...

Young Jupiter’s powerful magnetic field may have created a safe zone where several large moons could survive. Saturn lacked ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists may finally know why Jupiter and Saturn have very different weather patterns at their poles, despite having similar ...

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two planets host very different types of polar vortices, which are huge atmospheric ...

A model based on numerical simulations reveals why Jupiter has a larger number of larger moons than Saturn. The model, developed by a team of astronomers from Japan and China, has also uncovered how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A multitude of new moons have made their presence known around Jupiter and Saturn, bringing their population of moons to 101 and ...

Several planets are becoming visible at different times of day in July, offering skywatchers a chance to observe Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, and Mercury from Earth. The latest observing guide from ...

Because it’s bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new UC Riverside research shows Jupiter’s massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night ...

The Jupiter and Saturn square, occurring on Aug. 19, will create some major push and pull energy as the two planets clash Lisa Stardust is a three-time best-selling author and astrologer who lives in ...