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While Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been a constant feature of the planet for centuries, a team of astronomers have discovered equally large spots at the planet’s north and south poles that appear and ...

Astronomers have observed Jupiter's legendary Great Red Spot (GRS), an anticyclone large enough to swallow Earth, for at least 150 years. But there are always new surprises—especially when NASA's ...

The Great Red Spot is not the only Earth-sized atmospheric disturbance seen on Jupiter. That dramatic storm remains number one for size and power in the Solar System, but ultraviolet (UV) observations ...

A groundbreaking study has unveiled a startling portrait of Jupiter‘s early days, revealing the gas giant was once nearly twice its current size and wielded a magnetic field about 50 times stronger ...

TL;DR: Researchers are investigating mysterious "dark ovals" on Jupiter, which are Earth-sized and appear near the poles. These may indicate disturbances in Jupiter's ionosphere linked to its magnetic ...

Using Hubble Space Telescope data spanning approximately 90 days (between December 2023 and March 2024) when the giant planet Jupiter ranged from 391 million to 512 million miles from the Sun, ...

"We detected another planet even closer to the star that interacts strongly with its big neighbor, causing their orbits to wobble in ways we've never seen before." When you purchase through links on ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Benjamin Roulston is Assistant Professor of Physics, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Scientists have discovered that a distant "hot Jupiter" world has a planetary companion. The two ...

Jupiter's moon Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system and is even wider than the planet Mercury. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The history of our solar system is a ...

Scientists have discovered that a distant "hot Jupiter" world has a planetary companion. The two planets are locked in a rhythmic dance around the star TOI-1408, located 455 light-years from Earth.