Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and the fifth planet from the sun. The gas giant features beautiful banded cloud layers, a set of thin, dusty rings, the famous Great Red Spot and ...
Jupiter has just been put on a cosmic diet. New measurements led by an Israeli team show that the giant planet’s diameter is about 8 kilometers smaller than long‑standing estimates and that its poles ...
Jupiter is by far the largest planet in our solar system. The huge ball of hydrogen and helium circling the sun is about 88,000 miles wide, meaning more than 1,300 Earths could fit inside it.
Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, isn’t exactly the size and shape scientists believed it was. New measurements from the Juno spacecraft show ...
Between 7 satellite fly-bys and 2 dedicated missions, you'd think our knowledge about Jupiter would be pretty solid, but ...
Jupiter is an extraordinary planet with qualities that almost defy comprehension. At more than 300 times the mass of Earth, Jupiter is easily the largest planet in the solar system—a giant ball of ...