Jan 22, 2025 · Jupiter is the largest and oldest planet in our solar system. If Jupiter was a hollow shell, 1,000 Earths could fit inside. Jupiter has the shortest day in the solar system, taking …

Jan 22, 2025 · Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot is a giant storm bigger than Earth. Get Jupiter facts.

Jan 4, 2025 · Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot, a storm larger than Earth, has fascinated astronomers for over 150 years. Learn how we’re seeing this legendary storm in a whole new light thanks to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

Nov 6, 2024 · While Jupiter has been known since ancient times, the first detailed observations of this planet were made by Galileo Galilei in 1610 with a small, homemade telescope. More recently, this planet has been visited by orbiters, probes, and by spacecraft passing by on their way to other worlds.

Nov 6, 2024 · Juno completed its primary mission by mid-2021, offering revelations about Jupiter’s interior structure, atmosphere (including polar cyclones, deep atmosphere, and …

Dec 13, 2023 · Jupiter's zonal winds, going in opposite directions, generate eddies of all sizes that manifest in storms swirling in the atmosphere....

Nov 4, 2024 · Encountering Neptune in 1989, NASA’s Voyager mission completed humankind’s first close-up exploration of the four giant outer planets of our solar system. Collectively, since their launch in 1977, the twin Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft discovered that …

Aug 8, 2019 · This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter, taken on June 27, 2019, reveals the giant planet’s trademark Great Red Spot, and a more intense color palette in the clouds swirling in Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere than seen in previous years.

Nov 29, 2024 · Learn how you can see bright Jupiter from Earth, helped by its massive size and banded, reflective cloud tops, in December's Night Sky Notes!

3 days ago · Europa Clipper launched Oct. 14, 2024, to conduct a detailed investigation of Jupiter’s moon Europa.