Jupiter's intense radiation comes from charged particles accelerated by its powerful magnetic field. Jupiter's moon Io is a major source of these particles, spewing gas into space.

Nasa's Juno mission has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by creating the first complete 3D radiation map of the Jupiter system. This innovative map provides a detailed view of the high-energy ...

LOS ANGELES — Half a solar system away, NASA’s $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft is getting ready to fire its rockets in a final push to enter Jupiter’s orbit on a day that has become popular for ...

Jupiter’s huge magnetic field, whose layers are marked by blue lines in the illustration above, give it one of the harshest radiation environments in the solar system. NASA Mighty Jupiter is ...

Jupiter's moon Europa, meanwhile—often considered a watery sanctuary where life could exist—has had its icy surface scorched an orangish brown by the endless stream of high-energy particles ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and the fifth planet from the sun. The gas giant features beautiful banded cloud layers, a set of thin, dusty rings, the famous Great Red Spot and ...

Newly released images from space show a rare view of Jupiter's X-ray version of the Northern Lights. Based on observations from the Chandra X-ray telescope, the vivid aurora is depicted as a ...

Jupiter already reigns as king of the planets — it's the largest one in our solar system. And now, the gas giant has the most known moons, too.Astronomers have observed 12 additional moons ...

Jupiter is not only the largest in the solar system, but is so humongous that it's more than twice as massive as the other planets combined.. The gas giant is about 11 times wider than Earth alone ...

Jupiter already reigns as king of the planets — it's the largest one in our solar system. And now, the gas giant has the most known moons, too.Astronomers have observed 12 additional moons ...