Could a vagabond giant from the outermost regions of interstellar space be poised on the cusp of sweeping by our cosmic doorstep? Astronomers say yes and they have the data to support it. Using the ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has returned new images of Jupiter after its 66th close flyby as it enters the final year of its mission. The $1 billion spacecraft completed its latest close flyby on Oct. 23, ...

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers: an object so unfathomably dense and hot that it defies comprehension. Conventional ...

The shocking findings were part of a recent study in which astronomers effectively peered back in time to discover what Jupiter was like in its early years. Jupiter is not only the largest in the ...

Jupiter is not quite as large as astronomers thought, according to the first measurements of its radius taken in more than 40 years. Jupiter is a gas giant and doesn’t have a solid outer surface like ...

The result is thanks to the Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft. The shimmering northern lights that streak across Alaska's skies have wilder cousins on Jupiter — they're bigger, stranger, and now tied ...