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The Sky This Week from January 9 to 16: Jupiter at opposition
The solar system’s largest planet shines bright as the Moon wanes and Saturn’s moons dance in the sky this week.
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. January 10: Jupiter reaches opposition The ...
Jupiter achieves opposition on January 10, providing optimal viewing of its extensive atmospheric details and dynamic Galilean moon transits, including a rare overlapping shadow transit of Callisto.
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January 2026: What's in the sky this month? Jupiter reaches opposition, Mercury briefly appears
Saturn is on display in the early-evening sky this month along with Uranus and Neptune, both within reach of binoculars. Jupiter dominates the night, reaching opposition on the 10th. The gas giant is ...
Wausau Pilot & Review Jupiter steals the show this week as the solar system’s largest planet reaches opposition, shining ...
The Australian Space Agency announces that 2026 is set to be a ‘standout’ year for space science and exploration.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is now barreling away from the sun, never to return to the solar system. There's one more chance ...
Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...
A new report lays out the objectives for a crewed mission to Mars. Plus, an update on the NASA mission to survey the asteroid ...
The Crew-11 spaceflyers — NASA's Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui of Japan and cosmonaut Oleg Platonov — splashed ...
Those concerned that 3I/ATLAS' arrival to our solar system meant that some sort of alien invasion was imminent can breathe a ...
The Week 16 NFL schedule features 16 more games, including several with potential playoff ramifications, such as Steelers vs. Lions, Broncos vs. Jaguars and Ravens vs. Patriots. Another such is a ...
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