Hubble Captures Crisp New Portrait of Jupiter’s Turbulent Storms Raging Across the Planet
Turbulent Storms Rage Across The Giant Planet More massive than all the other planets combined, Jupiter truly is the king of our solar system. The…
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Supercritical High-Pressure Hydrogen: Atomistic Modeling Probes the Exotic Behavior of Matter at the Center of Jupiter
The hydrogen atom, with its single proton orbited by a single electron, is arguably the simplest material out there. Elemental hydrogen can nonetheless exhibit extremely…
Jupiter’s Moons Could be Warming Each Other through Tidal Resonance
The gravitational push and pull by Jupiter’s moons could account for more warming than the gas giant Jupiter alone. Jupiter’s moons are hot. Well, hotter…
Violent Impact May Have Caused Huge Ring-Like Structure on the Surface of Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede
Researchers from Kobe University and the National Institute of Technology, Oshima College have conducted a detailed reanalysis of image data from Voyager 1, 2 and…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Reveals Jupiter’s Unusual Electrical Storms: “Shallow Lightning” and “Mushballs”
The spacecraft may have found where the colorless gas has been hiding on the solar system’s biggest planetary inhabitant. New results from NASA’s Juno mission…
“Mushballs”: Exotic Ammonia-Rich Hailstones Shed New Light on Jupiter’s Weather
Water is a key substance in the meteorology of planets and is believed to play a key role in their formation. Terrestrial storms are driven…
NASA’s Innovative New Telescope Will Study Jupiter, Its Rings, and Two Intriguing Moons
Jupiter, named for the king of the ancient Roman gods, commands its own mini-version of our solar system of circling satellites; their movements convinced Galileo…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Takes First Images of Jupiter Moon Ganymede’s North Pole
Infrared images from Juno provide the first glimpse of Ganymede’s icy north pole. On its way inbound for a Dec. 26, 2019, flyby of Jupiter,…
NASA Scientists Believe Jupiter’s Moon Europa Could Sustain Life
A new model from NASA scientists supports the theory that the interior ocean in Jupiter’s moon Europa would be able to sustain life. In addition,…
Jupiter’s Plant-Sized Moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – Are Fascinating Worlds of Their Own
Four hundred years ago, the astronomer Galileo Galilei announced his discovery of four moons orbiting around the planet Jupiter, each seen as a distinct white…
Juno Spacecraft Captures Astonishing High-Altitude Hazes on Jupiter
NASA’s Juno mission captured this look at Jupiter’s tumultuous northern regions during the spacecraft’s close approach to the planet on February 17, 2020. Notable features…
New Evidence of Watery Plumes From Mysterious Subsurface Ocean on Jupiter’s Moon Europa
Jupiter’s moon Europa is a fascinating world. On its surface, the moon appears to be scratched and scored with reddish-brown scars, which rake across the…
Amazing Look at Jupiter’s Incredible Storms Using Ground and Space Observations
Hubble and Gemini Watch From Afar, Capturing High-Resolution Global Views of Jupiter That Are Key to Interpreting Juno’s Close-Up Observations of the Planet. With thunderheads…
Gemini Uses “Lucky Imaging” for an Unprecedented Look Inside Jupiter’s Storms
The international Gemini Observatory teams up with Hubble to support the Juno mission and bring new insights into Jovian weather. Researchers using a technique known…
‘Chaos Terrain’ of Jupiter’s Moon Europa Shown in Crisp Detail in NASA Galileo Images
Work is ongoing to refine images NASA’s Galileo spacecraft captured of Europa as scientists prepare for exploration of Jupiter’s icy moon. The surface of Jupiter’s…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Captured This Jaw-Dropping New Image of Jupiter
NASA’s Juno mission captured this look at Jupiter’s tumultuous northern regions during the spacecraft’s close approach to the planet on February 17, 2020. Some notable…
Jupiter Water Mystery Updated With Findings From NASA’s Juno Spacecraft
The mission publishes its first stream of data on the amount of water in Jupiter’s atmosphere — the first findings on the gas giant’s water…
Rare Corona of the Planet Jupiter Caught in Stunning Image
Stars are surrounded by something known as a corona — a diffuse aura of plasma that appears to surround them in the sky. For the…