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A Jupiter Vista from Juno. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill From aboard the Juno spacecraft, a Southwest Research Institute-led instrument observing auroras…
This striking view of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it performed a close pass of…
Skywatchers are in for an end-of-year treat. What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible in…
In this animated GIF, the clouds on the periphery of some of Jupiter’s polar cyclones rotate counterclockwise, while the core of the cyclones rotate clockwise.…
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill Why do colorful cloud bands encircle Jupiter? Jupiter’s top atmospheric layer is divided into light zones and…
Just after sunset on the evening of December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer together in Earth’s night sky than they have been…
This artist’s conception of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa shows a hypothesized cryovolcanic eruption, in which briny water from within the icy shell blasts into space.…
This illustration of Jupiter’s moon Europa shows how the icy surface may glow on its nightside, the side facing away from the Sun. Variations in…
New work led by Carnegie’s Matt Clement reveals the likely original locations of Saturn and Jupiter. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Where were Jupiter and Saturn…
The lightning phenomenon known as a sprite depicted at Jupiter in this illustration. Jupiter’s hydrogen-rich atmosphere would likely make them appear blue. In Earth’s upper…
Composite image showing Jupiter’s moon Io in radio (ALMA), and optical light (Voyager 1 and Galileo). The ALMA images of Io show for the first…
The four largest moons of Jupiter in order of distance from Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Credit: NASA/JPL/DLR The gravitational push and pull by…
Credit: Tsunehiko Kato, 4D2U Project, NAOJ Researchers from Kobe University and the National Institute of Technology, Oshima College have conducted a detailed reanalysis of image…
This illustration uses data obtained by NASA’s Juno mission to depict high-altitude electrical storms on Jupiter. Juno’s sensitive Stellar Reference Unit camera detected unusual lightning…
The central part covers an area of 3200 x 3800 km. White clouds of ammonia can be seen, rotating anticlockwise. Clouds rising as much as…
The moon Io orbits Jupiter in this image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Jupiter and Io appear deceptively close in this image, when in fact the…
These images the JIRAM instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft took on December 26, 2019, provide the first infrared mapping of Ganymede’s northern frontier. Frozen water…
The Stunning surface of Jupiter’s moon, Europa. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute A new model from NASA scientists supports the theory that the interior ocean in Jupiter’s…
(Click image for full view.) Credit: NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS; image processing by Gerald Eichstädt NASA’s Juno mission captured this look at Jupiter’s tumultuous northern regions during the…