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Jupiter experiences a widespread atmospheric heating event following a collision with solar wind, prompting a new perspective on giant planet dynamics. (CREDIT: NASA, ESA, and J. Nichols (University ...

Fluorescent cave minerals are helping scientists explore how life could survive in harsh places like Europa. Far beneath ...

Scientists now believe that solar bursts hit the largest planet of our solar system two to three times a month.

A solar wind event from 2017 that hit Jupiter and compressed its magnetosphere created a hot region spanning half Jupiter's circumference.

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Even gargantuan Jupiter, with its whirling superstorms and volatile temperatures, has a soft side. A team of researchers ...

“The solar wind squished Jupiter’s magnetic shield like a giant squash ball. This created a super-hot region that spans half ...