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Posted on May 21, 2025May 21, 2025

Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now — it could have held 2,000 Earths

A new study reveals early Jupiter was twice its current size with a magnetic field 50 times stronger.
Posted on May 12, 2025

JWST watches auroras on Jupiter glow hundreds of times brighter than those on Earth (video)

The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its infrared eyes toward Jupiter, capturing auroras hundreds of times brighter than those on Earth glowing on the gas giant's poles.
Posted on April 30, 2025

Cyclones on Jupiter and a moon with flowing magma: NASA Juno probe’s latest discoveries are awesome

NASA's mission to Jupiter has revealed new findings about the giant planet and its volcanic moon.
Posted on April 3, 2025

Major storms on Jupiter can leave a fingerprint in the planet’s atmosphere

Big storms can strip some parts of Jupiter's atmosphere of ammonia, while leaving buried reservoirs of the gas elsewhere.
Posted on April 3, 2025

Powerful solar winds squish Jupiter’s magnetic field ‘like a giant squash ball’

A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.
Posted on January 9, 2025

An amateur astronomer used an old technique to study Jupiter — and found something strange

The long-held assumption that Jupiter's iconic swirling clouds are made of frozen ammonia could be upended.
Posted on December 25, 2024

New thunderstorms wider than Earth are spewing out green lightning on Jupiter — and could make one of the gas giant’s massive bands disappear

A pair of massive thunderstorms have been spotted swirling in Jupiter's "South Equatorial Belt" and are likely unleashing massive bolts of green lightning. Some experts think the pale clouds could end up altering the rusty band's color — and potentially even making it "disappear."
Posted on November 16, 2017

We may know why Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is red instead of white

The gases in Jupiter's atmosphere should form white clouds, so why do they look red? Two teams have found different recipes for the red in the Great Red Spot
Posted on May 25, 2017

Jupiter’s Super-Weird Atmosphere Is Astonishing Scientists

Jupiter’s Super-Weird Atmosphere Is Astonishing Scientists
Jupiter's atmosphere defies all scientific expectations. The post Jupiter’s Super-Weird Atmosphere Is Astonishing Scientists appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on September 26, 2016

NASA Finds More Evidence of Water Plumes on Jupiter’s Moon Europa

NASA Finds More Evidence of Water Plumes on Jupiter’s Moon Europa
It's not aliens. Everyone calm the heck down. The post NASA Finds More Evidence of Water Plumes on Jupiter's Moon Europa appeared first on WIRED.

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