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When it comes to the sky, here are the things we know for certain to be true: We know that birds are allowed up…

Lightning and hailstones exist on Jupiter, but they’re of a very different sort than the ones we’re familiar with on…

An amateur astronomer in South Africa has detected a bright new surface feature rising above the cloud tops on…

It’s neither an asteroid nor a comet but something in between. It’s also parked within Jupiter’s orbit, making this…

While studying Europa’s magnetic field in 2000, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft inadvertently collected evidence of watery…

Hard to believe, but this stunning infrared image of Jupiter was taken from Earth’s surface, specifically from the…

Some astronomers believe that Jupiter, instead of protecting Earth from dangerous comets and asteroids, is actively…

NASA’s Juno spacecraft recently caught this ominous view of Jupiter, which shows a massive black spot atop the gas…

Observational data collected over the years suggests the largest volcano on Jupiter’s moon Io—the most geologically…

Special thanks to Darlene Lim of NASA’s Ames Research Center, Mike Malaska of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jill…

The International Astronomical Union has approved new names for five recently discovered moons around Jupiter.

A mission to sample Jupiter’s moon Europa for signs of life will move into its final design and construction phase,…

Jupiter’s core seems off, astronomers think, in a way explainable by an ancient collision with another enormous…

An amateur astronomer in Texas captured a rare sight earlier this week when an apparent meteor slammed into…

Scientists have published five years of observations of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, revealing just how strange the…

Observations from the Hubble Space Telescope point to the presence of sodium chloride on the surface of Jupiter’s…

How did life first start? Scientists hoping to answer that question are recreating the conditions of early Earth’s…

While performing its 17th flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft witnessed a volcanic plume erupting from the…

The largest planet in our Solar System also happens to be one of the most beautiful, as the Juno spacecraft’s latest…

Jupiter’s moon Europa, with its subsurface ocean, may have what it takes to foster alien life. A mission to this icy…