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Jupiter's stripes are more than skin deep, according to observations by NASA's Juno probe, which has revealed many new surprises about the Jovian giant.
Stripes are back in season on Jupiter Observations of the jovian planet’s returning belt will help scientists better understand the interaction between Jupiter’s winds and cloud chemistry.
Dornheim, Germany, Sep. 29, 1951: A jeep emerges from a LTC 1283 landing craft after having crossed the Rhine river during Operation Jupiter. The three-day French directed war games had some ...
Dornheim, Germany, Sep. 29, 1951: Dwight D. Eisenhower discusses maneuvers with some French troops during Operation Jupiter, a French-led multi-nation NATO exercise in the Rhine river area. A ...
NASA released two new images of Jupiter Monday taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, showing the planet's features in great detail.
Jupiter’s striking Great Red Spot has puzzled astronomers for years. Now, they think they know just how old it is and how the cyclone formed in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
A pair of massive thunderstorms have been spotted swirling in Jupiter's "South Equatorial Belt" and are likely unleashing massive bolts of green lightning. Some experts think the pale clouds could ...
The giant planet's closest approach to Earth since 1963 will coincide with its "opposition," a term used when planets are between Earth and the sun.
Three papers appearing in Nature on March 8 answer a question that scientists have been asking ever since Galileo first observed the famous stripes of Jupiter: Are the colorful bands just a pretty ...
'Jupiter's familiar stripes and swirls are actually cold, windy clouds of ammonia and water, floating in an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium,' said NASA.