Jupiter, the largest and most mysterious planet in our solar system. A gas giant so massive it could swallow 1,300 Earths, ...

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?

Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, is 11 times wider than Earth, and has a mass 2.5 times greater than all of ...

Jupiter and Saturn don’t have a surface in the same way Earth does. Instead, their atmosphere simply gets thinner until there isn’t enough density left to call the surrounding air part of the ...

Researchers have discovered and are observing dark shapes appearing on the surface of Jupiter, with each of these 'dark ovals' being as big as Earth. VIEW GALLERY - 3 Jak Connor ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about geologically active moons.

"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian ...

Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, used to be even bigger, according to a new study. The cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and planets formed dissipated around 4.5 billion years ago.

Jupiter’s moon Io is a hotbed of geological activity, with over 400 active volcanoes. Because of this high level of activity, scientists have been debating for years about what’s going on ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft launched at 12:06 p.m. Monday, beginning a nearly six-year, 1.8-billion-mile voyage to Jupiter, where it will study the frozen moon Europa, scanning below its ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why does Jupiter look like it has a ...