The findings help clarify how Jupiter's cloud layers and atmospheric dynamics work. The discovery was made by Dr. Steven Hill, an amateur astronomer based in Colorado. He recently showed that ...

Previous examinations using ground-based tools as well as the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes indicated SIMP 0136 was ...

The particular cloud chemistries are likely the magic behind the planet's vibrant colors, but the exact reasons for Jupiter's painted appearance remains unknown. Below the gassy upper layers ...

and 647 nm (ammonia), he created a detailed map of ammonia distribution above Jupiter’s cloud tops. The data revealed that the light originates from deeper atmospheric layers, where pressure and ...

The world’s premier space observatory has spotted a mysterious and huge, free-floating planetary-mass object that’s “just 20 ...

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

NASA's groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a mysterious object that's freely floating through interstellar ...

(CNN)-- Scientists don't know why, but one of Jupiter's two main cloud belts has disappeared -- again. Like a wayward pet, the belt has gone missing before and has always returned. "This is a big ...

An international team of researchers has discovered that variations in brightness must be the result of complex weather, ...

The researchers calculated that hydrogen and helium would separate about 11,000 kilometers below the cloud tops of Jupiter, down to a depth of about 22,000 kilometers.