“This research helps us understand how planets form and evolve… by studying what’s happening inside Jupiter, we get closer to ...

New data from NASA's Juno orbiter, launched in 2011 in Florida, reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller than astronomers previously believed.

When a spacecraft slips behind Jupiter, something counterintuitive occurs: when we lose the signal the measurement is then the loss of signal. When Juno passes out of sight of the Earth, its radio ...

Thick, swirling clouds cover Jupiter from pole to pole. They hold water like Earth’s clouds, but at far greater density. For decades, those clouds have blocked a clear view of what lies beneath. Now, ...

For over 50 years, we thought we knew the size and shape of Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. Now, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have revised that knowledge using new data and ...

On Jan. 10, the planet Jupiter will make its brightest appearance of the year Getty On Jan. 10, Jupiter will shine at its brightest and largest in 2026, rising at sunset and glowing in the sky until ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed as a “super-Jupiter” has substantial differences from our solar system’s ...