The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.
Scientists and amateur astronomers have teamed up to upend a long-held assumption that Jupiter's iconic swirling clouds are made of frozen ammonia — a pretty foundational revelation about the ...
Caption Goncharov, McWilliams, and the rest of the team's work on noble gases could help solve the mystery of why Saturn emits more heat from its interior than would be expected. In Jupiter and ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) obtains long-term baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in ...
In contrast to Earth, which consists of a proper solid ground one can walk on, Jupiter doesn’t have a solid surface at all. In fact, it is believed to be mostly made of liquids and gases.