Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface – even though it doesn’t have one? – Sejal, age 7, Bangalore, India The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt ...

Sep. 27, 2024 — A crater-rich dwarf planet named Ceres located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter was long thought to be composed of a materials mixture not ...

It will take Europa Clipper 5 1/2 years to reach Jupiter, where it will slip into orbit around giant gas planet and sneak close to Europa during dozens of radiation-drenched flybys ...

Within our solar system, gas emissions from Jupiter's volcanic moon Io create a similar phenomenon. Although no exomoons (moons of planets outside our solar system) have been confirmed ...

A spacecraft is set to launch on Monday from the Kennedy Space Center towards Jupiter with the mission to hunt for signs of ...

Astronomers report the detection of a second exoplanet orbiting a G-type star known as TIC 393818343, located some 300 light ...

Images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope show how Jupiter’s Great Red Spot changed shape like a bright red kickball bouncing through a schoolyard as it traveled within the planet’s ...

Giant auroras, raging clouds and a storm three centuries in the making - our solar system's largest planet is every bit as dramatic as its tempestuous appearance suggests. Jupiter, the largest planet ...