Slushy hailstones of ammonia and water were part of a bizarre theory to explain the planet's poorly mixed atmosphere. These mushballs seem to be real, say UC Berkeley scientists.

Jupiter and Saturn have always been some of the coolest-looking and intriguing planets to laypeople – and now, scientists are coming through with some new information for us. The data come from ...

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are ... making up a world so large that more than 1,300 Earths could fit inside. Its Great Red Spot seems to peer out from the ...

Jupiter's rings may not be as pronounced as Saturn's, but its ring system still extends to an impressive 140,000 miles away from the giant gas planet. This video shows the first inside peak of ...

These powerful storms make the planet even more dangerous and impossible to explore on the surface. Intense pressure deep inside Jupiter doesn't have a solid surface because the pressure inside is ...

With planets and moons, it’s what’s inside that counts. If we want to understand surface ... Saturn’s large moon Titan, Jupiter’s moon Io, and of course Earth, to help us understand how they, and the ...

Research published by scientists in England found a 2017 solar event compressed Jupiter's magnetic field, setting off aurora at the poles and heating in the upper atmosphere that spread across the ...

NASA's Jupiter-orbiting spacecraft, Juno, has been collecting information about the internal structure and composition of our solar system's largest planet since it arrived there in July 2016.

"The solar wind squished Jupiter's magnetic shield like a giant squash ball. This created a super-hot region that spans half the planet. Jupiter's diameter is 11 times larger than Earth's, meaning ...

This finding provides compelling evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, a process similar to the formation of Jupiter and Saturn. Diminutive Barnards Star is ...