The largest planet in the Solar System, Jupiter has a treasure trove of information for astronomers to research and observe. A new study states that the gas giant also contains water in its atmosphere ...

Jupiter is rather distant from the Sun, found on the opposite side of the Asteroid Belt than our Solar System’s inner-most planets, and as a result, the planet’s clouds are pretty chilly at about ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Jupiter and Earth may look like two completely different planets, but the ...

The Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter just revealed mechanisms driving mammoth storms in the Jovian atmosphere. Storms on Jupiter form ammonia-rich hail — called mushballs — in the atmosphere of the ...

Jupiter is famous for its striking, stripey appearance, looking like an orange and white marble covered in streaky, complex patterns. But as a gas giant, Jupiter doesn't have a solid surface made of ...

Researchers are reporting Herschel observations of water in Jupiter's stratosphere. It is a clear remnant of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet impact on Jupiter nearly 20 years ago. Astronomy & Astrophysics ...

Trapped in a gravitational push and pull between Jupiter and other Jovian moons, Io is constantly being stretched and ...

The upper atmosphere above Jupiter’s Great Red Spot — the huge storm that has been raging for centuries on the gas giant — is much hotter than anywhere else on the planet. New research published today ...

When the Galileo probe descended through Jupiter's atmosphere in 1995, it found neon to be one-tenth as abundant as predicted. This unexpected finding has led researchers to propose an explanation: at ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Jupiter's active moon Io has a collapsible atmosphere: New views show the satellite's shroud of ...

NASA's Juno mission has already made mincemeat of precedents and expectations. When it arrived at Jupiter last July after a five year journey, it was further from Earth than any solar-powered craft ...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot just might be a great big radiator for the planet’s upper atmosphere, according to new research. Scientists have been trying to uncover the reason why temperatures in ...