"The James Webb Space Telescope has given us some infrared images of the aurora, but Juno is the first spacecraft in a polar ...

For years, scientists thought Jupiter’s strange interior was the result of a massive collision in its youth. But new research ...

Jupiter’s core mystery deepens as simulations reveal impacts can’t explain its structure. Evidence suggests gas giants form ...

This quiz will challenge your knowledge of Jupiter's features, moons, and the missions that have dared to get close.

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers. Conventional ...

Jupiter is our solar system's biggest planet by far. It used to be twice as large: Study A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow ...

Crashing Jupiter into the Sun might seem like fireworks, but it would destabilize Earth’s orbit and erase our shield against ...

Eleven times wider than Earth. Over 300 times more massive. And a million times more terrifying. Jupiter may look like a ...

Jupiter is famously wracked with massive storms, like the Great Red Spot, which produces winds up to 425 mph (640 km/h). Some of these shifts can produce dramatic phenomena.

Jupiter, roughly 562 million miles from Earth today, has nearly 100 moons. But Batygin and his collaborator Fred Adams' research focused on two of the smaller ones, Amalthea and Thebe.