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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 ...
If an atmosphere is gaseous, it doesn't mean it's featureless and well mixed. In fact, Jupiter's atmosphere has structures scientists are still learning about.
Jupiter's stunning auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth, as pictured in new images taken by 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 ...
Intense pressure deep inside Jupiter doesn't have a solid surface because the pressure inside is so strong. As you go deeper, the pressure gets higher and would crush anything, even humans or ...
Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick atmosphere, making up a world so large that more than 1,300 Earths could fit inside. Its Great Red ...
The study authors figured that Jupiter’s gravity must therefore be constantly kneading ... the new study suggests that it doesn’t linger at depth long enough inside Io to form a massive, ...
Jupiter is unlikely to be unique ... it’s being dragged down and hidden deep inside the planet, where it leaves faint signatures to be observed with radio telescopes. However, the process depends on a ...
A magnetometer, with the help of star imagers, will create a three-dimensional map of Jupiter’s magnetic field—so large that the sun could fit inside and 20,000 times stronger than Earth’s.