Wondering what there is to love about Jupiter? The Jovian giant has many reasons that are worthy of your affection, whether ...

Scientists now believe that solar bursts hit the largest planet of our solar system two to three times a month.

“[The mission designers] knew that if you wanted to understand the formation of the solar system, you needed to compare the composition of Jupiter with that of the sun,” says Bolton.

From this route, the resulting exoplanet would be expected to share roughly the same composition as its parent star. ‘The ...

NASA's Jupiter-orbiting spacecraft, Juno, has been collecting information about the internal structure and composition of our solar system's largest planet since it arrived there in July 2016.

Dec. 9, 2024 — A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) obtains long-term baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in ...

Unlike Earth and other rocky planets, Jupiter lacks a solid surface. It’s composed entirely of gas and liquid, making it impossible to land on or walk across. Largest Planet in the Solar System ...

A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports. The discovery stemmed from an unusual temperature pattern scientists observed ...

plume source and composition, geologic similarities to Europa, and Io's interaction with Jupiter's massive magnetic field. For mission design, the researchers propose a fast-moving spacecraft that ...