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The icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa appears to be constantly changing, new data from the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed. This phenomena, the team explained, is heightened in so ...
In the new study, the team focused on these filaments. They found these wispy tendrils between Jupiter’s cyclones work together with convection to promote and sustain Jupiter’s giant storms.
Jupiter has no solid ground, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. But how can that be? If Jupiter doesn’t have a surface, what does it have?
Forty years' worth of measurements of Jupiter's atmosphere by space probes and ground-based telescopes has revealed odd weather patterns that have nothing to do with seasons.
Jupiter, who hurt you? Last month, NASA’s Juno mission spotted a region of the gas giant’s atmosphere forming an abject face, complete with wide eyes, a nose, and frowning mouth. The ...
With its primary mission completed, Juno turned its attention toward Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, with a mass roughly twice that of our own Moon. This marked Juno’s transition away from ...
Jupiter’s striking Great Red Spot has puzzled astronomers for years. Now, they think they know just how old it is and how the cyclone formed in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
Something's up. Magnetic Tornadoes Researchers have observed mysterious "dark ovals," each roughly the size of the Earth, appearing on the polar regions of Jupiter on the ultraviolet spectrum.
A mystery object has been caught on camera slamming into Jupiter, disappearing in a huge flash as it burnt up in the turbulent atmosphere.
The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk on, and no place to land a spaceship. But how can that be?