resulting in bright white clouds seen in spacecraft images, such as those from NASA’s Galileo and Juno missions. Photochemical reactions play a vital role in shaping Jupiter’s atmosphere.

Collaborative work by amateur and professional astronomers has helped to resolve a long-standing misunderstanding about the composition of ... a few small high white clouds have been seen, casting ...

Jupiter’s iconic bands of clouds, swirling with hues of orange, white, and brown, have captivated scientists and stargazers for centuries. These mesmerizing features, shaped by the planet’s ...

An artificially colored view of Jupiter as seen in ultraviolet light. In addition to the Great Red Spot, which appears blue, another oval feature can be seen in the brown haze at Jupiter's south pole.

Scientists and amateur astronomers have teamed up to upend a long-held assumption that Jupiter's iconic swirling clouds are made of frozen ammonia — a pretty foundational revelation about the ...

Projected variation in ammonia abundance and pressure at the cloud tops near the center of the disk at selected dates in the VLT/MUSE archives. Thanks to a collaboration between amateur and ...

It also changes colour - from red to pink, or even white. In 2014, images from the Hubble Space Telescope showed the spot to be orange, and roughly the size of Earth. What lies beneath the high ...