NASA’s Juno spacecraft has once again delivered a stunning view of Jupiter’s ever-changing atmosphere. In this latest image, ...

Was it a cosmic jellyfish, a fleeting light trick, or something more outlandish? When NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers took a ...

Jupiter’s atmosphere is a complex system of swirling gases, driven by powerful winds and rapid rotation. The Great Red Spot ...

The atmosphere on Jupiter is radically different from that on Earth. It's primarily made of hydrogen and helium gas with trace amounts of gaseous molecules, like ammonia and water, which are ...

The idea of mushballs was first proposed back in 2020 to explain why—in observations taken by both radio telescopes and NASA's Juno mission—Jupiter's upper atmosphere appeared to be so poorly ...

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...

This phenomenon, confirmed by 3D visualizations of Jupiter's troposphere, suggests that the upper atmosphere's chemical composition does not reflect the planet's interior.

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.

That’s because storms like those that create mushballs unmix the atmosphere so that the chemical composition of the cloud tops does not necessarily reflect the composition deeper in the atmosphere.