NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter’s superstorms generate intense lightning, forming a powerful and complex electrical weather system.

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has massive storms that match its size. These storms—some of which can last ...

Jupiter's storms aren't just big, they're packing electrical punches that put Earth's to shame. A new analysis of data from ...

Lightning on Jupiter may pack more than 100 times the power of Earth's bolts, and may prove one million times stronger, a new study finds.

On Jupiter, a storm doesn’t just brew, it can simmer for centuries. The planet’s atmosphere is a perpetual engine of ...

Researchers have finally mapped Jupiter’s upper atmosphere with unmatched detail, exposing a stable, planet-wide structure ...

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Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed in the first million years after the Sun was born. Others, including the ...

For years, planetary scientists have argued that some of the material that built Earth must have drifted in from beyond ...

Jupiter will make its closest approach to Earth in 59 years on Monday, according to NASA. The largest planet in our solar system, the gas giant will be at opposition, meaning Earth is directly between ...

NASA reveals that Jupiter's size is smaller and flatter than previously thought, changing key models of the current Solar ...

If you've ever wondered why we are here, then you can thank Jupiter for part of the answer. A new study from Rice University suggests that if it weren't for the gas giant, the Earth would have ...