Jupiter takes a lot of hits for the rest of the solar system, and new footage shows one of the biggest astronomers have ever seen. About 14 seconds into the video below, you can see a bright flash ...

From Jupiter at its brightest to a dazzling Saturn-Moon-Neptune alignment, here’s what to watch in the night sky in January ...

Earlier this week, amateur astronomers around the world independently caught a glimpse of something large slamming into Jupiter. The amount of space debris that must fall regularly onto Jupiter—the ...

Astronomers watching Jupiter got a surprise on Monday when a large unknown object appeared to smash into the gas giant. “It could only be an impact,” he said. Other astronomers across the world ...

FLORIDA, USA — Hundreds of Floridians reported seeing a fireball light up the night sky late Monday. A meteor illuminated the dark around 10 p.m., streaking diagonally across the sky and projected to ...

SwRI scientists studied the area imaged by Juno's UVS instrument on April 10, 2020, and determined that a large meteoroid had exploded in a bright fireball in Jupiter's upper atmosphere. The UVS swath ...

Amateur astronomers using backyard telescopes were the first to detect two small objects that burned up in Jupiter’s atmosphere on June 3 and Aug. 20. Professional astronomers at NASA and other ...

Yet again, I have an amazing variety of astronomical sights to tell you where and when to look for these next two weeks. The assortment includes an extreme longshot chance of seeing a moon-bright ...