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A partially obscured Jupiter, swirling with blue and oranges and tans, with a bulge rising from the bottom. Jupiter's storms and its 'potato' moon Amalthea stun in new NASA Juno probe images BySamantha Mathewson published 11 November 24 NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back stunning photos of Jupiter, including colorful, chaotic storms swirling through the planet’s atmosphere.

An image of blue swirlies on Jupiter. How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths ByBenjamin Roulston published 11 November 24 Jupiter has no solid ground, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. But how can that be? If Jupiter doesn’t have a surface, what does it have?

Jupiter's moon Europa is the next destination for the Juno spacecraft. Explore Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa in NASA virtual tour (photos) ByStefanie Waldek published 1 November 24 Thanks to images from various NASA spacecraft, we can get an up-close look at the Jupiter ocean moon Europa long before the agency's Europa Clipper probe arrives.

A tan, gaseious Jupiter hangs in black space, layered like a cross section of geological survey, a swirling red storm at its lower left. Jupiter's Great Red Spot is being squeezed, Hubble Telescope finds — and nobody knows why (video) ByKeith Cooper published 10 October 24 The Hubble Space Telescope has seen Jupiter's Great Red Spot oscillating in width as it drifts around the planet. Could this be related to its overall shrinking?

a grey and orange moon pockmarked with craters NASA's Juno probe spots massive new volcano on Jupiter moon Io ByAndrew Jones published 11 September 24 Researchers have spotted a huge new active volcano on Jupiter's moon Io by comparing images taken by two NASA missions more than a quarter of a century apart.

a gray moon pockmarked with craters A huge asteroid crash permanently altered Jupiter's biggest moon Ganymede BySharmila Kuthunur published 4 September 24 A colossal asteroid slammed into Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede with so much power it dramatically and permanently reoriented the moon roughly 4 billion years ago, new research suggests.

a large gas giant hangs left of center surrounded by smaller moons. 'Fireflies' help NASA map radiation around Jupiter and its moons ByVictoria Corless published 26 August 24 The first ever 3D radiation map of Jupiter and its moons has been created using low-light cameras aboard the Juno Spacecraft that have been tweaked to operate as radiation detectors.

An animation depicting Europe's JUICE spacecraft approaching Jupiter's moon Ganymede. JUICE: A complete guide to Jupiter's icy moon exploring mission ByTereza Pultarova last updated 22 August 24 ReferenceThe Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, is a European Space Agency mission to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons: Europa, Callisto and Ganymede.

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closeup of jupiter and its swirling clouds against the blackness of space Jupiter's surreal clouds swirl in new van Gogh-esque view from NASA's Juno probe (photo) BySamantha Mathewson published 24 July 24 Vivid clouds swirl across Jupiter's skies like colorful brushstrokes in a new photo from NASA's Juno spacecraft.

A view of the top of Io, a slight haze protrudes from the surface in one isolated location. NASA's Juno probe reveals lava lakes across Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (image) ByStefanie Waldek published 29 June 24 Infrared images showcase "fire-breathing" lakes all across the Jovian moon.

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