Caltech researchers have developed a new simulation of the hydrological cycle on Jupiter, modeling how water vapor condenses into clouds and falls as rain throughout the giant planet's swirled, ...

Though our telescopes have become pretty darn good over the last century, there's nothing quite like seeing a planet from the point of view of an approaching spaceship. The rest of this article is ...

IMAGE: Artist’s impression of the exoplanet WASP-121 b. It belongs to the class of hot Jupiters. Due to its proximity to the central star, the planet’s rotation is tidally locked to its orbit around ...

The curious minds at What If question whether Jupiter's atmosphere could explode from something as small as a match. Police chiefs call for total ban on fly-camping Democrats release Epstein records ...

Jupiter is famous for its striking, stripey appearance, looking like an orange and white marble covered in streaky, complex patterns. But as a gas giant, Jupiter doesn't have a solid surface made of ...

NASA's James Webb Telescope has captured auroras on Jupiter that have hundreds of times more energy than those here on Earth. Jupiter's auroras are like the "Northern Lights, but way bigger!" NASA ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft peered deep beneath Jupiter’s thick cloud cover to offer new insights into one of the solar systems most long lived weather patterns. Data from the mission launched 14 years ago ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during the mission’s 54th close flyby of the ...

Jovian storms can rework the whole chemical makeup of Jupiter's deep atmosphere by picking up ammonia from and dropping it somewhere else. It would appear that a really big storm on Jupiter can leave ...

An artist’s illustration of WASP-121b, an ultra-hot Jupiter losing magnesium and iron gas due to intense heat from its nearby star. Credit: NASA / ESA, J. Olmsted For the first time, astronomers have ...

The big picture: Nearly 6,000 exoplanets have now been confirmed in the vast expanse of the Milky Way galaxy. Some are believed to have the potential to harbor life, while others are so hostile that ...