Videos emerged this week of an object apparently hitting Jupiter. The footage shows a quick flash on the right side of the planet as an object seemingly hits.

After originally believing the "continuously active" object in Jupiter's orbit was the first-known "Trojan asteroid" like it, scientists have issued a correction and it's just a regular comet.

Is Jupiter a failed star, or is it simply a giant planet in our solar system? While Jupiter shares a similar chemical ...

It’s neither an asteroid nor a comet but something in between. It’s also parked within Jupiter’s orbit, making this object the first of its kind to ever be detected.

The biggest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, also boasts the most moons, with 64 currently cataloged. Most of these moons are tiny, lumpy rocks — apparently asteroids captured by Jupiter's ...

The object — either pieces of a comet or perhaps an asteroid — pummeled into molecules in Jupiter's atmosphere, rapidly causing friction and heating up. Then, it explodes. "It's pretty much a ...

Mysterious object 13 times the size of Jupiter found By Matthew Dunn news.com.au Published November 9, 2017 11:51am EST | Updated November 9, 2017 12:00pm EST ...

Jupiter will be one of the most brilliant natural objects, if not the most, in the night sky. On Sunday, Jupiter will reach its closest distance to Earth in 59 years at around 367 million miles.

Jupiter — modulated by its own spin and by Io’s period of revolution — qualifies. Io’s surface boasts about 150 mountains, with an average height of 21,000 feet (6,400 meters) and a ...