Even gargantuan Jupiter, with its whirling superstorms and volatile temperatures, has a soft side. A team of researchers ...

Scientists say a vast, Earth-sized region of unexpectedly high temperatures in Jupiter's upper atmosphere was caused by a massive wave of solar wind.

Jupiter got body-slammed by the solar wind, and scientists have finally caught it in action. A massive solar event compressed ...

"The solar wind squished Jupiter's magnetic shield like a giant squash ball. This created a super-hot region that spans half ...

A solar wind event from 2017 that hit Jupiter and compressed its magnetosphere created a hot region spanning half Jupiter's circumference.

Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

The planets offer exciting views in April. Jupiter is a brilliant object in the evening sky, although the observing window ...

Dec. 9, 2024 — A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) obtains long-term baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in ...

Despite its relative proximity during this phase, Jupiter remains at a vast distance from Earth. Its tropical year, which represents the time it takes to complete an orbit around the Sun ...