A new study points to why, and how, Io became the most volcanic body in the solar system. Scientists with NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io are ...

Nearly half a billion miles from Earth, a world may be stirring. Our planet is the only place in the solar system—and indeed the universe—where we know that life exists. But if the basic sciences of ...

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Brace yourself for a journey to the largest planet in our solar system — Jupiter, the mighty gas giant that reigns supreme with its swirling storms and colossal size. Its atmosphere is a chaotic ...