Here’s how it works. Powerful storms around the north pole of Jupiter swirl in stunning new images captured by NASA's Juno probe during its close approach to the giant planet on July 5.

In 2017, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured images of nine cyclones at Jupiter’s north pole. Now, over four years later, those nine cyclones are still in the same pattern they were when Juno ...

By comparison, the dark ribbons north of Jupiter’s equatorial region have little cloud cover. [Related: Jupiter formed dinky little rings, and there’s a convincing explanation why.] ...

This image from the Juno spacecraft shows the nine cyclones at Jupiter’s north pole in infrared. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM Some odd storms on ...