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

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 ...

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 ...

As every astronomer knows, Jupiter has spots. They are believed to be disturbances in the planet’s atmosphere, which is many thousands of miles thick and is made up of such unpleasant gases as ...

At over 1,000 times the volume of Earth, Jupiter’s mass is two and a half times that of all other planets combined, making it a cosmic behemoth between Mars and Saturn. Jupiter’s atmosphere ...

This finding provides compelling evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, a process similar to the formation of Jupiter and Saturn. Diminutive Barnards Star is ...