Big storms can strip some parts of Jupiter's atmosphere of ammonia, while leaving buried reservoirs of the gas elsewhere.

A pair of planetary scientists at the University of California, working with a colleague from the California Institute of ...

Scientists now believe that solar bursts hit the largest planet of our solar system two to three times a month.

Jupiter got body-slammed by the solar wind, and scientists have finally caught it in action. A massive solar event compressed ...

"The solar wind squished Jupiter’s magnetic shield like a giant squash ball," O'Donoghue said. "This created a super-hot ...

Jupiter’s striking size, swirling gases, and dramatic bands in its atmosphere set it apart from every other planet. One of ...

Jupiter’s skies can glow with lights more intense than anything on Earth. Its polar auroras shine when charged particles ...

Even gargantuan Jupiter, with its whirling superstorms and volatile temperatures, has a soft side. A team of researchers ...

"The solar wind squished Jupiter's magnetic shield like a giant squash ball. This created a super-hot region that spans half ...

Io is an incredibly active and extreme place, with glistening lava lakes and volcanic eruptions shooting sulfur and magma to huge heights.

A solar wind event from 2017 that hit Jupiter and compressed its magnetosphere created a hot region spanning half Jupiter's circumference.