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Jupiter's atmosphere is a swirling, colorful, chaotic mix-up of currents and eddies. Thanks to NASA's Juno spacecraft, we know that Jupiter's swirling bands of clouds can extend deep into the ...
Space enthusiasts are quick to examine the colorful clouds of Jupiter — hoping to catch a hint of a familiar shape among the mesmerizing swirls. A "dragon's eye," "squid," and "dolphins" are ...
Recent studies are changing what we know about the clouds of Jupiter, and the results are surprising. Amateur and professional astronomers have worked together to uncover that these clouds are not ...
But stave off those tempting dessert thoughts as these toxic fairytale clouds high above Jupiter wouldn't taste appetizing at all. You may like James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning images ...
On March 1, 2023, NASA’s Juno mission completed its 49th close flyby of Jupiter. As the spacecraft flew low over the giant planet’s cloud tops, its JunoCam instrument captured this look at ...
Vivid clouds swirl across Jupiter's skies like colorful brushstrokes across a painting in a new photo from NASA's Juno spacecraft. The image, taken during the spacecraft's 61st close flyby of ...
The huge planet in the middle of our solar system has giant Earth-sized storms, a powerful magnetic field, and extreme auroras, a series of new scientific studies published this week show.
Collaborative work by amateur and professional astronomers has helped to resolve a long-standing misunderstanding about the composition of Jupiter's clouds. Instead of being formed of ammonia ice ...
Projected variation in ammonia abundance and pressure at the cloud tops near the center of the disk at selected dates in the VLT/MUSE archives. Thanks to a collaboration between amateur and ...
NASA is showing off an eerie photo of Jupiter's noxious clouds — which are scary enough on their own already, considering that they're jam-packed with toxic ammonia — taking the shape of a ...
Vivid clouds swirl across Jupiter's skies like colorful brushstrokes across a painting in a new photo from NASA's Juno spacecraft. The image, taken during the spacecraft's 61st close flyby of ...