Jupiter is already the biggest planet by far in our solar system, but new research suggests it was somehow once even larger than it is now. Twice as large, in fact. To put that into context, those ...

Spectacular clouds swirl across the surface of Jupiter. These clouds contain water, just like Earth's, but are much denser on ...

An illustration of the hot Jupiter HD 189733 b don't be fooled by its placid marble like appearance . | Credit: NASA/ Robert Lea (Created with Canva) Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), ...

Observations of Jupiter show that ammonia is unevenly distributed in the upper atmosphere, against expectations of uniform mixing. Scientists found evidence for a complicated but apparently real ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, currently shines as a brilliant silvery "star" in Gemini the Twins, low in the east-northeast sky as dusk slowly fades. It forms an eye-catching ...

It was May 2013, and the Kepler space telescope was dead. The Kepler planet-hunting mission had been discovering new planets since its launch in 2009, but in May 2013 the second of its four reaction ...

Deadly glass rains and a rotten egg stench mean you probably wouldn't want to visit Jupiter-sized planet HD 189733 b. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.