Jupiter – the gas giant, largest planet in our solar system, named for the Roman god of the sky who with his fearsome thunderbolt lorded over the entire universe – is about to be a little closer and ...
Jupiter is set to make its closest route to Earth, creating a dazzling aerial spectacle for viewers. The display is known as Jupiter’s opposition, and it happens when Earth places itself between the ...
DURING the months of October and November the planet Jupiter has presented a spectacle ... which resemble piled-up cumulus clouds: it has generally been colourless, shining with a silver-grey ...
At its farthest point, Jupiter is about 601 million miles away from Earth, but it gets as close as 365 million miles, depending on the position of the planets in their orbits. On December 6 ...