The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick atmosphere, making up a world so large that more than 1,300 Earths ...

One big finding is that Jupiter’s atmosphere extends 1,860 miles down from the cloud tops – much larger than expected – and at that depth, the planet’s composition is quite different.

Jupiter’s atmosphere is a complex system of swirling ... unraveling the mystery of the Great Red Spot’s shrinkage. The color ...

Sponsor Message In this case, the purportedly tell-tale gases that appear to be in this planet's atmosphere are either ... flew by outer planets such as Jupiter and Saturn, revealing a huge ...

The quirks of light moving through gas are the cause of stellar twinkling, which can be a bane—and sometimes a boon—for astronomers ...

The chemical reaction often relies on a pigment called chlorophyll, which gives plants their green color. Photosynthesis is also the reason our planet is blanketed in an oxygen-rich atmosphere.