Jupiter wasn’t always the planet we know today—it was once twice as big, had a magnetic field 50 times stronger, and its ...

When those particles smash into the atmosphere, they produce X-rays An illustration of the chain of events that lead to Jupiter’s powerful, bright auroras. Dunn et. al “Honestly, since 2017 I ...

An illustration comparing the size of Jupiter's Great Red Spot to that of Earth. While the reddish-hued storm is massive, it was once much larger. According to observations taken in the 1800s ...

The new moon of May occurs on May 26. Two days later the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky, and the ...

A to-scale illustration of where the sun-Jupiter barycenter is. (NASA/SD0; Business Insider ) (NASA/SD0; Business Insider) Jupiter is about 0.001 as massive than the sun, but it's sizeable enough ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Jupiter’s huge magnetic field, whose layers are marked by blue ...

Jupiter as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope on June 27, 2019 (left). An illustration by the French artist and astronomer Étienne Léopold Trouvelot of Jupiter as observed on November 1 ...

It is possible one or both men observed either the shadow of one of Jupiter's moons or a different spot. An illustration with a red spot on Jupiter similar to the modern spot appeared in 1831 ...

On July 8, the moon and Jupiter will make a spectacular pairing for unaided eyes. Illustration by A.Fazekas, SkySafari Jupiter and the Lion. By the evening of July 8, the moon will slip just under ...

The weather forecast for Jupiter calls for clouds with a chance of lightning and "mushballs"—a slushy mix of ammonia and water encased in a hard water ice shell that rain down like hail here on ...