Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why Jupiter is called a “failed star.” Made of star-like material, it lacks the mass to ignite ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has once again delivered a stunning view of Jupiter’s ever-changing atmosphere. In this latest image, ...

Astronomers have discovered the strange dance that leads to the creation of rare "double hot Jupiters" in binary star systems ...

Jupiter is our solar system's biggest planet by far. It used to be twice as large: Study A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow ...

Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, used to be much bigger and stronger when the solar system was just beginning to take shape, a pair of astronomers say.. Two scientists at Caltech and ...

The Great Red Spot on Jupiter, the largest known storm in the solar system, is apparently shifting shapes, according to a recent report. A 90-day study, from December to March, of Jupiter using the ...

Astronomers used the Hubble space telescope to look at Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS) from December 2023 to March 2024, and they observed the massive storm changing dimensions over the 90-day ...

The European Space Agency said Wednesday that scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar ...

The Great Red Spot of Jupiter is one of the solar system’s most astonishing marvels. An elliptical storm with inky swirls of burnt orange and dulled copper, it is longer than the Earth is wide ...