Gas Giant Jupiter

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  Hubble Telescope Documents 10 Years of Dramatic Changes on Outer Planets

  NASA’s Hubble Telescope has tracked atmospheric and seasonal changes on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune over ten years. Key findings include shifts in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, Saturn’s seasonal phenomena, Uranus’ polar brightness, and Neptune’s storm activity. These insights, part of NASA’s Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) p...

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  Watch: Astronomer Captures Bright Flash In Jupiter's Atmosphere

  This flash one of the brightest ever recorded on the giant gas planet, was observed last month.

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  Jupiter Now Has The Biggest Family Of Planets With 12 Newly Discovered Moons

  Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons of Jupiter, taking the total number of natural satellites revolving around the Gas Giant to 92. Now Jupiter, which is the biggest planet in the solar system, has the most number of moons.

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  NASA's James Webb Telescope Finds Atmosphere On Exoplanet

  The gas giant is about one-third the mass of Jupiter and more similar in composition to Saturn.

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  "Fluffiest Planet Ever": Scientists Discover "Marshmallow World" In Deep Space

  Scientists are finding all sorts of weird worlds. They've now discovered a gas giant planet with the density of a marshmallow orbiting a cool red dwarf star located 580 light years from Earth. The planet, identified as TOI-3757 b, is the "fluffiest".

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  Jupiter To Be Closest To Earth On Monday In 59 Years. But There's More

  In what could be a treat for stargazers, Jupiter will be making its closest approach to Earth in 59 years. People will be able to see great views of the gas giant for the entire night of September 26, NASA said.

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  James Webb Space Telescope Captures Detailed Pictures of Jupiter Showcasing Auroras and Rings

  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured some intriguing photos of Jupiter. Apart from powerful winds and giant storms, the new images also feature some magnificent auroras on the gas giant. The pictures offer some intricate details of Jupiter that scientists think may shed more light on its inner life.

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  James Webb Telescope Team Releases Images Of Our Solar System, Showing Jupiter And Its Moon

  While the entire world was busy gushing over the flurry of images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the American space agency NASA also secretly released two new fascinating pictures of the gas giant Jupiter.

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  NASA Releases Stunning Video Of Jupiter Captured By Juno Spacecraft

  American space agency NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) never fails to amaze us with their updates. Now, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA has shared a video on Instagram which gives a glimpse of gas giant Jupiter.

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  NASA Confirms Existence of More Than 5,000 Exoplanets Beyond Our Solar System

  NASA has said that these exoplanets include small, rocky worlds like Earth and “super Earths” which are larger than our own. There are also gas giants several larger than Jupiter and “mini-Neptunes.” Some of these planets orbit two stars at once and others stubbornly revolve around the collapsed remnants of dead stars.

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  NASA Says Data From Cassini Probe May Help Explain Saturn's Atmospheric Mystery

  The upper layers in the atmospheres of gas giants -- Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune -- are hot, just like Earth's. But unlike Earth, the Sun is too far from these outer planets to account for the high temperatures. Their heat source has been one of the great mysteries of planetary science.

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  This Is What A Raging Storm On Jupiter Looks Like, Courtesy NASA

  NASA's Juno spacecraft beamed back a stunning image of a massive, raging storm in Jupiter's northern hemisphere, captured by the probe during its ninth close flyby of the gas giant planet. The image was taken on October 24, when the spacecraft was about 10,108 kilometres away from the tops of the clouds of Jupiter

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  NASA's Juno Probe to Fly Over Jupiter's Great Red Spot Today

  Juno, which earlier this month marked its first year in orbit of the gas giant, will offer "humanity's first up-close and personal view of the gigantic feature."

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  Mysterious Eclipses Point To Giant Ringed Jupiter-Like Planet

  Scientists have found evidence of a giant ringed gas planet which may be up to fifty times more massive than Jupiter, orbiting a star over thousand light years away from Earth.

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  NASA's Juno Probe Forces 'Rethink' on Jupiter After Revealing Stunning Details

  NASA's Juno probe spaceship circling Jupiter has spotted massive cyclones at the gas giant's poles, revealing stunning new details about our solar system's largest planet.