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Jupiter

A close up jupiter planet of the solar system

Jupiter was once twice as prominent with a supercharged magnetic field

A detailed look into Jupiter's primordial state.

This picture of Mars

NASA’s Europa Clipper captured infrared images of the Red Planet

On its recent swing by Mars, NASA’s Europa Clipper took the opportunity to capture infrared images of the Red Planet.

JunoCam

NASA’s Juno sheds new light on Jupiter’s and Io’s surface

The data revealed for the first time the subsurface temperature profile of Io.

NASA’s Juno flies above Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

NASA’s Juno back in action after safe mode stumble

The spacecraft was making its 71st close approach to Jupiter.

Saturn and Its Moons

Saturn adds 128 new moons to its list, totaling 274 moons

Saturn still reigns supreme as moon king with 128 new moons.

io

Discovery of the Solar System’s most powerful energy source

Generates six times the power of Earth's total output.

Visible appearance of Jupiter and Saturn reconstructed from VLT/MUSE observations

A long-standing misunderstanding about the composition of Jupiter’s clouds resolved

Amateur astronomer helps solve Jupiter's cloud mystery.

Zal Patera

NASA’s Juno captures lava channel thermal emissions at Zal Patera

On December 30, 2023, NASA's Juno spacecraft, which is currently studying Jupiter and its moons, made a groundbreaking observation using its Stellar Reference Unit...

main-belt asteroids

Smallest asteroids ever detected in the main belt

The team’s detection method could aid in tracking potential asteroid impactors.

colored view of Jupiter

Astronomers discovered two great spots at the Jupiter’s north and south poles

Unusual magnetically driven vortices may be generating Earth-size concentrations of hydrocarbon haze.

Planet Jupiter great red spot

Unexpected size changes observed in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

Jupiter's Great Red Spot behave like a stress ball.

Warm Gas-Giant Exoplanet WASP-107 b (Artist’s Concept)

Exploring the mysterious case of the Inflated Exoplanet

Webb cracks case of inflated exoplanet

puffy cotton-candy world

Scientists discovered an extraordinarily low-density giant planet

Its density similar to that of cotton candy.

Amalthea

Juno spots Jupiter’s little moon: Amalthea

Amalthea has a potato-like shape.

Io

Jupiter’s Moon Io has been volcanically active for 4.5 billion years

Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active place in the solar system.

view of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa

NASA’s Juno mission calculated the rate of oxygen production at Europa

Enough to keep a million humans breathing for a day.

warm exoplanet WASP-80 b

Webb identified methane and water vapor in exoplanets’ atmosphere

Scientists can now start to perform an “apples-to-apples” comparison.

Jovian moon Ganymede

NASA’s Juno observed salts and organics on Ganymede’s surface

The study could help scientists understand the origin of Ganymede and the composition of its deep ocean.

Jupiter’s Equatorial Jet Stream

New feature discovered in Jupiter’s atmosphere

Narrow jet stream near equator has winds traveling 320 miles per hour.

Europa (NIRCam image)

Carbon Source on Europa: Implications for Life?

Jupiter’s moon Europa is one of a handful of worlds in our Solar System that could potentially harbour conditions suitable for life. Previous research...

map of Ganymede

JWST reveals new secrets of Jupiter’s moons in a new light

James Webb Space Telescope sees Jupiter moons in a new light.

Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities

Giant swirling waves identified at the edge of Jupiter’s magnetosphere

The waves are an important process for transferring energy and mass from the solar wind.

Internal evolution of Europa

Jupiter’s moon Europa may have had a slow evolution

Europa’s seafloor may be cool and hydrated, and may experience limited, if any, seafloor volcanism.

Jupiter at 5 micron wavelength radiation

Study solves the mystery of Jupiter’s stunning color changes

A long-running mystery behind Jupiter’s famous “stripes”.

Jupiter is positioned on the left. It is banded in stripes of brownish orange, light gray, soft yellow, and shades of cream. Uranus is positioned on the right. It appears tipped on its side and is mainly coloured cyan.

Hubble monitors changing weather and seasons on Jupiter and Uranus

Ever since its launch in 1990, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has been an interplanetary weather observer, keeping an eye on the ever-changing atmospheres...

Jupiter’s icy moon Europa

The rotation of Europa’s icy crust may be affected by ocean currents

New explanation for how the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa rotates at a different rate than its interior.

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