Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface – ...

Stunning patterns in Jupiter’s atmosphere have been replicated more accurately than ever before in the lab – using a rotating tub filled with water. Michael Le Bars at Aix-Marseille University in ...

Banded planet: Jupiter's wind bands extend deep below the Jovian surface. Precise measurements of Jupiter’s gravitational field by NASA’s Juno spacecraft have allowed scientists to make an important ...

The Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016 and it has already provided us with a wealth of information about the gas giant. Today, four Nature papers describe new observations about ...

Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is a fascinating place and is of particular interest to astronomers for several reasons. It is known to host both water vapor and table salt, and has been suggested as being ...

A photo of Jupiter taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft in September 2023. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, image processing by Tanya Oleksuik The planet Jupiter has no solid ...

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, ...