Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System by a pretty wide margin, and while it’s not exactly the most welcoming to human visitors, it’s still the most eye-catching. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has ...

Jupiter is, scientifically speaking, not great for humans. The gravitational pull is about 2.4 times that of Earth, and its atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and helium. Even within our own Solar System, ...

Jupiter is the king of the planets! Did you know that Jupiter has some two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in the solar system? With a diameter of some 88,000 miles, Jupiter is a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Jupiter is by far the biggest planet around the sun. However ...

Last May, a spot suddenly appeared in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere. But as new images from the Juno spacecraft show, the once circular feature has morphed into an enigmatic splotch. The feature was ...

The Moon was new last Saturday. Subsequently, a thin crescent reappeared in the evening sky early this week. Today the Moon is at first quarter. The Moon and the giant planet Jupiter will make a ...

Jupiter makes its closest approach on January 9, just 393 million miles away, shortly before reaching its opposition on ...

A prominent feature of Jupiter's surface is the Great Red Spot, which has been observed continuously since the 1830s. Jupiters red spot was easy to discover because of its prominent coloring. Now a ...