For generations, Jupiter has been shorthand for a straightforward idea: the biggest planet in the Solar System, a gas giant ...
The planet Jupiter is putting on quite a show in our night sky this month, and you don't need any special equipment to enjoy it.
For centuries, Jupiter has looked like a planet of surfaces: swirling bands, violent storms and the famous red oval that dominates its face. Only in the last few years have scientists begun to see ...
NASA's Juno spacecraft has provided the most accurate measurements of Jupiter's size and shape, revealing it is slightly smaller than previously thought. This research enhances understanding of the ...
Based on new simulations, scientists believe that giant gas planets across the universe can often collide and merge into even bigger gas plants — behemoths called "super-Jupiters." In the cosmic ...
Spectacular clouds swirl across the surface of Jupiter. These clouds contain water, just like Earth's, but are much denser on the gas giant—so thick that no spacecraft has been able to measure exactly ...
For decades, scientists believed they had a solid handle on Jupiter’s size and shape.