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NASA’s Juno spacecraft has once again delivered a stunning view of Jupiter’s ever-changing atmosphere. In this latest image, ...
Tempests in the troposphere: Mapping the impact of giant storms on Jupiter’s deep atmosphere. Science Advances , 2025; 11 (13) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado9779 Cite This Page : ...
In fact, Jupiter's atmosphere has dramatic weather and structures which scientists are still learning about — including a prevalence of strange objects called mushballs.
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Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...
The planet doesn't have seasons. Something odd is happening in Jupiter's atmosphere, a new study has revealed. Forty years' worth of measurements of Jupiter's atmosphere by spacecraft and ground ...
Storm warning on Jupiter. A huge storm on Jupiter broke out in December of 2016, just south of the planet's equator and about 60 degrees east of the famous Great Red Spot.
In 2020, a group of scientists came up with an explanation for strange inconsistencies in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere. They suggested that ice-encrusted mushballs rain down during intense ...
The atmosphere on Jupiter is radically different from that on Earth. It's primarily made of hydrogen and helium gas with trace amounts of gaseous molecules, like ammonia and water, which are ...
Jupiter sets record after 12 new moons discovered 00:14. Jupiter's dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth, new images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal ...
The atmosphere on Jupiter is radically different from that on Earth. It’s primarily made of hydrogen and helium gas with trace amounts of gaseous molecules, like ammonia and water, which are heavier ...
It would appear that a really big storm on Jupiter can leave a noticeable mark in the planet's atmosphere. A recent study tapped into data collected by the Jupiter-orbiting spacecraft Juno and the ...