Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have measured the rotation rate of an extreme exoplanet by observing the varied brightness in its atmosphere. This is the first measurement of the ...
Hubble’s Planetary Portrait Captures New Changes in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have produced new maps of Jupiter the first in a series of annual portraits ...
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has reshaped key ideas about Jupiter. Data collected during the probe’s polar orbits reveal a planet with jet streams plunging thousands of kilometers deep, a lopsided magnetic ...
Jupiter’s swirling storms have concealed its true makeup for centuries, but a new model is finally peeling back the clouds. Researchers found the planet likely holds significantly more oxygen than the ...
Jupiter may be the largest planet in the solar system, but new research shows it's not quite as big as scientists once believed, resulting in a planetary makeover. Using data from NASA's Juno ...
SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed as a “super-Jupiter” has substantial differences from our solar system’s ...
NASA’s Juno mission has become a favorite among space fans for its JunoCam instrument which often captures gorgeous images of the beauty of the planet Jupiter and its moons. Earlier this year the ...