Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System, a gas giant that could fit over 1,000 Earths inside. It is a phenomenally ...

Spectacular clouds swirl across the surface of Jupiter. These clouds contain water, just like Earth's, but are much denser on ...

Jupiter harbors more oxygen than the sun, a new study finds, giving astronomers a crucial clue about how our solar system's ...

Jupiter and Saturn have strikingly different polar storms. Scientists suggest these swirling vortices may reveal what lies ...

New research using detailed atmospheric models shows Jupiter contains excess oxygen, helping explain its origins and deep ...

A photo of Jupiter taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft in September 2023. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, image processing by Tanya Oleksuik The planet Jupiter has no solid ...

The weather on Jupiter—much like that on Earth—not just by the chaos going on inside the atmosphere but also by external forces including space weather driven by the Sun. In a study published last ...

Observations of Jupiter show that ammonia is unevenly distributed in the upper atmosphere, against expectations of uniform mixing. Scientists found evidence for a complicated but apparently real ...

Scientists have measured that Jupiter releases more internal heat than it absorbs from the Sun, based on observations of its structure, rotation, and atmospheric behavior.

The giant planet Jupiter is back in our evening sky this week. Fresh from its opposition with the sun on Jan. 10, it now lies as close to the Earth as it ...