Jupiter is the gigantic, stormy hellscape we always feared From huge cyclones to enormous cloud formations, Jupiter is intense.

Forget what you heard: Jupiter does not orbit the sun NASA's Juno probe just passed closer to Jupiter than any human-made craft ever.

Citizen scientists make Jupiter into art Using images from the Juno spacecraft, people are transforming Jupiter in all sorts of fun ways.

Researchers Just Solved One of the Big Paradoxes About Jupiter's Atmosphere There’s a mystery above Jupiter. The planet is five times farther from the sun than Earth is—and yet has similar atmospheric temperatures to our own. So where’s all that extra heat coming from? It turns out, Jupiter may have a second heat sourc Read more ... e in its Big Red Spot.

7 bizarre facts reveal how big Jupiter really is Now that the Juno spacecraft is in orbit around the gas giant Jupiter, it's time for a look at how absurdly massive it really is.

NASA: A solar-powered spacecraft enters Jupiter orbit The Latest on NASA's mission to Jupiter (all times local):8:18 p.m.A NASA spacecraft has begun firing its rocket motor in preparation for its arrival at Jupiter.

NASA’s ‘armored tank’ Juno ventures into a fierce realm of radiation, hunting for Jupiter’s secrets Like its mythological counterpart, Jupiter is king of its realm.

What's Beneath Jupiter's Clouds? The complex atmospheric swirls and bands of Jupiter are as distinctive as Saturn’s ring or Mars' color, but they are still very mysterious. To understand h

What Would Happen to Our Solar System If Jupiter Didn't Exist? Our solar system is weird. Not only because we’re unique little snowflakes on a blue marble called Earth but because other stars usually have their giant ass planets (i.e. their Jupiter) orbiting them at a much closer distance. This is really commo Read more ... n in other systems! Our Jupiter, however, doesn’t wo...

Ancient Babylonians Used Geometry To Track Jupiter Thousands Of Years Ago An outstanding discovery could change how we view the history of science. New research has suggested that ancient Babylonian astronomers used geometry to track the position of Jupiter in the sky, one and a half millennia before European thinkers deve Read more ... loped the same approach.