NASA's Juno spacecraft swooped in for a close look at a massive thunderstorm on Jupiter, revealing that it may have ...

If there was a contest for the most interesting moon in our solar system, Callisto would be a contender. Jupiter's ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have peered into the atmosphere of a cosmic body that could be a ...

The dividing line between gas giant planets and failed stars is blurry at best. The isolated planetary-mass object SIMP ...

Using data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter's highly volcanic moon Io in late 2023 and again in ...

This phenomenon, called pareidolia, is the brain's tendency to recognize familiar patterns. Juno's mission, launched in 2011, aims to study Jupiter's atmosphere, composition, and massive storms, ...

The spacecraft will also explore Jupiter's complex environment and its system (atmosphere, ring system, and magnetic environment) as a model for other gas giants in our solar system—these being ...

Scientists thought this electrically conductive upper part of the moon's atmosphere might imitate ... and the European Space Agency's JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) missions, both already ...

Using data collected by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter’s highly volcanic moon Io in late 2023 and again in ...

Jupiter's second-largest moon has more impact craters ... which is the last layer of the atmosphere before space begins. Since Callisto also has an intense ionosphere, the team decided to test ...