Researchers from NASA were able to discover how gas giants such as Jupiter and Saturn can prevent planets like Earth from experiencing major asteroid impacts. Based on their findings, these gas ...

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun, situated around 484 million miles from our star. At 86,900 miles in diameter, Jupiter is about 11 times wider than the Earth, and has between 80 and 95 moons.

According to EarthSky.org, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars will be visible from Earth for the remainder of November.

At dusk the alignment of Jupiter and Saturn became visible just above the horizon. It's the closest the conjunction of planets has been for 800 years. Scientist say the event will be easy to see ...

Scientists have investigated the different factors shaping celestial light-shows over Earth, Saturn and Jupiter. The resulting framework could help predict risky space weather.

On December 21, Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer in Earth’s night sky than they have since 1226 A.D. You can watch the event live here, courtesy of Lowell Observatory.