Jupiter
Red Spots Brush Past Each Other
Astronomers have been predicting the meetup for months; Jupiter's Great Red Spot and its newly formed "Red Spot Jr." were…
Gas Giants Gobbled Up Most of Their Moons
Even though our Solar System's gas giants vary widely in size and mass, they do have something in common. Each…
Jupiter’s Red Spots Are Nearing Each Other
Jupiter's two red spots. Image credit: Christopher Go. Click to enlarge Jupiter's well known Great Red Spot storm, and its…
Hubble Pictures of Red Spot Jr.
Jupiter's junior red spot. Image credit: NASA/ESA. Click to enlarge The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a picture of "Red…
Jupiter Will Be Closest on May 6th
Jupiter and its moon Ganymede. Image credit: Alan Friedman. Click to enlarge Look east in the early evening and you'll…
Cassini’s View of Jupiter’s South Pole
Jupiter as mapped by Cassini. Image credit: NASA/JPL/SSI Click to enlarge Cassini took many photographs of Jupiter on the way…
Jupiter’s Next Great Red Spot
Red spots on Jupiter. Image credit: Christopher Go. Click to enlarge If you're an amateur astronomer with a reasonably good…
Researchers mimic high-pressure form of ice found in giant icy moons
Jupiter's icy moon Callisto. Image credit: NASA Click to enlarge As scientists learn more about our Solar System, they've found…
What’s Inside a Gas Giant?
If you could strip away all the gas from Jupiter and Saturn, what would you find inside? Inside gas giant…
Jupiter’s Winds Come From Inside
An international team of researchers have developed a new computer model that simulated Jupiter's incredible weather systems. Jupiter's weather is…