Throughout this week, Jupiter will be at its brightest in the sky. The planet will reach “opposition” last night (July 14), which implies that the planet will now be directly opposite the sun in the sky, and the nearest to Earth.

Jupiter is currently emitting more light than our brightest star Sirius!

You can see these 5 planets in the night skies all week long!

A planet has been spotted orbiting a distant star at breakneck speed, with astronomers concluding it may be the surviving core of a planet once perhaps larger than Jupiter that was stripped of its gaseous atmosphere.

Surviving core of Jupiter-like planet found near distant star

Scientists have figured out how the subsurface ocean on Jupiter’s moon Europa may have formed and determined that this vast expanse of water may have been able to support microbial life in the past.

Subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa deemed potentially 'habitable'

Astronomers have captured the highest resolution images of Jupiter ever obtained from the ground using a technique known as “lucky imaging technique.'' The remarkable images trace the glowing regions of warmth that lurk beneath the gas giant's cloud tops and reveal lightning strikes and storm systems forming around deep clouds of water ice and liquid.

New images of Jupiter captured by astronomers using 'lucky technique'

An emaciated lion in Colombia was transported on Thursday (February 27) to be closer to its 'mother' in a bid to save his life. Jupiter was rescued at a young age from a circus after a life of abuse. Following his rescue, Jupiter was dubbed the 'kissing lion' after video of him hugging his carer Ana Julia Torres went viral in 2011.

Malnourished lion returns to woman who rescued him from circus abuse

NASA is going to fund four concept studies for potential robotic missions to Venus, Jupiter’s moon Io and Neptune’s moon Triton under its Discovery Program to investigate how the cosmos came into existence.

NASA to explore Venus, moons of Jupiter and Neptune next

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This comes after the space agency's claims that Jupiter's moon Europa has strong evidence of liquid water deep beneath its crust

NASA to announce 'surprise' finding on Jupiter's moon today

In its 20-month journey, Juno hopes to learn how and where the planet formed and affected the development and position of the other ones

NASA's Juno successfully begins orbiting Jupiter

Scientists want to know how much water the planet contains to learn about the origins of the solar system's second largest celestial body

NASA space probe to lift the veil on Jupiter

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