Tag: Jupiter

Check out this gorgeous video showing a flyby of Jupiter’s Ganymede moon, as well as Jupiter itself, captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.

Jupiter has many oddities we’re still learning about, such as its strange X-rays auroras somewhat comparable to the northern lights here on Earth.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft this week beamed back amazing images of Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter and the largest in our solar system.

Jupiter’s most famous feature is its Great Red Spot, but it has a sibling — and a new image of this second spot shows it’s getting stranger.

If you think Jupiter is beautiful in the visible light spectrum, wait until you see it in infrared and ultraviolet.

The first measurement of winds in Jupiter’s stratosphere found winds of up to 900 mph near the poles which whipped around in narrow bands called jets.

If the skies are clear this evening, you can see Jupiter and Saturn appear at their closest in 794 years. Here’s how you can find them in the night sky.

On Monday night, a truly rare astronomical event will occur: Jupiter and Saturn will align in what NASA’s calling the “great conjecture.” Jupiter and Saturn align in the sky once…

Data from NASA’s Juno probe reveals more information about how atmospheric hot spots form on Jupiter and interact with the rest of the atmosphere.

Jupiter’s moon is covered in troughs from an asteroid impact