Gods, kings and numbers are involved What’s in a name? Have you ever wondered about the origins of month names? Some months, ...

Beautiful music, glorious singing and a doubtful production combine to create mixed feelings about Handel's Semele at the ...

Jupiter isn’t alone in this category; Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are also gas giants, though Uranus and Neptune are often ...

Oliver Mears’s production offers a grisly interpretation of the doomed love story between Jupiter and a mere mortal ...

Some objects were placed in space on purpose, symbolic gestures meant to inspire or amuse. Others were lost by accident, ...

For example, Juno was only seen as Jupiter’s wife when she was identified with Hera, not before, while Vulcan, the ancient divine fire of Rome, was originally linked to war and became the blacksmith ...

Dove is a darling name for a child of any gender. The dove bird symbolizes peace, love, and hope, and in ancient times was ...

Amalthea was discovered in 1892 and named after a mythological naiad (a type of water nymph) who nursed the newborn Roman god Jupiter.

On Feb. 10, a group of these neo-pagans gathered in sweatshirts and jeans near the ancient Forum to unironically offer sacrifices to the ancient Roman gods of Juno, Jupiter, and Apollo.

Facts about Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, named after the king of the ancient Roman gods.

There are thousands of asteroids in the asteroid belt (which orbits between Mars and Jupiter), but the four that are most commonly interpreted in astrology are Pallas, Juno, Vesta, and Ceres.