Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Both of the Solar System’s giant planets will be gone from ...

Known as “the great conjunction,” the cyclical conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn that occurs every twenty years has been the preeminent method of demarcating historical eras in traditional ...

Jupiter and Saturn merged in the night sky on Dec. 21, 2020 for the "Great Conjunction," appearing closer to one another than they have since Galileo’s time in the 17th century. Astronomers say ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The two gas giants of the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, have been moving closer to each other in the night sky — and will appear at their closest next month during a rare ...

Looking for a bright spot on the horizon in 2020? Here’s a suggestion: Look up into the sky over the next week. The planets Jupiter and Saturn all this week are creeping closer together, and on Monday ...

For the first time in 800 years, earthlings will be able to see the Milky Way’s two biggest planets so close together it’ll look like they’re touching. Saturn and Jupiter will have a rare meeting from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This article is more than 5 years old. Venus and Jupiter ...

A once-in-a-lifetime holiday treat is on track to delight sky watchers later this month on the Winter Solstice. Jupiter and Saturn are moving closer to each other, culminating in a Great Conjunction ...

Jupiter and Saturn merged in the night sky Monday, and the Griffith Observatory brought viewers a live stream as it happened. Astronomers say so-called conjunctions between the two largest planets in ...

Jupiter and Saturn will align in the night sky on Dec. 21 in an event astronomers call the "great conjunction" — also referred to as the "Christmas Star" — marking the planets' closest encounter in ...

JUPITER — Once one of Palm Beach County's most rapidly developing communities, Jupiter grew more slowly in the past decade than it has since the 1970s, according to an August release of U.S. Census ...