The two planets, being the two brightest planets in view from Earth, will also be joined by Mercury.

Venus, now an "evening star," remains the brightest object in the sky after the moon, while Jupiter shines higher above it ...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot was first discovered in 1665 by astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini, and both scientists and the public have been awe-stricken by its beauty and the processes that created it ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Jupiter has long been famed for its Great Red Spot—but it wasn't until ...

Centuries ago, a huge red spot on Jupiter vanished. But years later, a new one was born. Today we know this conspicuous feature as the "Great Red Spot," a swirling storm wider than Earth. Curiously, ...

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The largest and most powerful hurricanes ever recorded on Earth spanned over 1,000 miles across with winds gusting up to around 200 mph. That’s wide enough to stretch across nearly all U.S. states ...

The Great Red Spot—the iconic, swirling eye of Jupiter, a persistent storm that could swallow Earth whole—has more surprises yet. Scientists plumbing the planet’s depths from afar have now found that ...

Using imagery from NASA's Juno spacecraft, animators created this visualization of a flight into Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The video begins about 2,000 miles (3,000 km) above the cloud tops of the ...