Now, new research from a team of citizen scientists working in conjunction with professional astronomers has challenged the long-held belief that Jupiter's clouds are formed of ammonia ice.

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Thanks to a collaboration between amateur and professional astronomers, a new study reveals that Jupiter's clouds are not composed of ammonia ice, as long believed. This breakthrough, published in the ...

A collaboration between amateur and professional astronomers has led to a major discovery about Jupiter's clouds, challenging ...

A pair of astrophysicists with Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, and Institut Universitaire de France have developed a new ...

However, this paradigm has been overturned by ... Citizen Science Reveals That Jupiter's Colorful Clouds Are Not Made of Ammonia Ice Jan. 6, 2025 — Collaborative work by amateur and professional ...

Its inhabitants are the hot Jupiter (WASP-132b), a newly discovered inner super-Earth (WASP-132c) and an outer distant ice giant planet ... star in planet-birthing clouds of gas and dust called ...

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick atmosphere, making up a world so large that more than 1,300 Earths ...

Red-and-green-tinted clouds drift through the Martian sky in a new set of images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover using its ...

It is used to observe Jupiter's atmosphere, the properties of clouds in the lower atmospheric layer, and to study ice, organic matter, and minerals on the surfaces of Jupiter's moons and their outer ...

Giant auroras, raging clouds and a storm three centuries in the making - our solar system's largest planet is every bit as dramatic as its tempestuous appearance suggests. Jupiter, the largest planet ...