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Jupiter's storms and its 'potato' moon Amalthea stun in new NASA Juno probe images
By Samantha Mathewson published
NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back stunning photos of Jupiter, including colorful, chaotic storms swirling through the planet’s atmosphere.
How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths
By Benjamin Roulston published
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?
Explore Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa in NASA virtual tour (photos)
By Stefanie Waldek published
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.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is being squeezed, Hubble Telescope finds — and nobody knows why (video)
By Keith Cooper published
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?
NASA's Juno probe spots massive new volcano on Jupiter moon Io
By Andrew Jones published
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 huge asteroid crash permanently altered Jupiter's biggest moon Ganymede
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
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.
'Fireflies' help NASA map radiation around Jupiter and its moons
By Victoria Corless published
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.
JUICE: A complete guide to Jupiter's icy moon exploring mission
By Tereza Pultarova last updated
Reference The 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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