Jupiter's auroras, captured in infrared by the Webb telescope, reveal unprecedented dynamic activity. Unlike Earth's auroras, ...

NASA’s Juno spacecrafthas once again delivered breathtaking images of Jupiter, capturing the giant planet’s swirling storms ...

Jupiter wasn’t always the planet we know today—it was once twice as big, had a magnetic field 50 times stronger, and its ...

Before Jupiter became the giant planet it is today, it was much larger and had a much stronger magnetic field, according to a ...

Since the Spot’s winds blow in a counterclockwise direction, it is technically an anticyclone. [Related: Juno finally got close enough to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot to measure its depth.] ...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot — the biggest windstorm in the solar system ... from 40 degrees in the late 19th century to 14 degrees in 2016, when NASA’s Juno spacecraft arrived at the planet for a series ...

In a solar system full of wonders, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot still stands out. This lushly red oval is obvious even through small telescopes, looking like a baleful eye staring out from the ...

“Various instruments on board the Juno mission in orbit around Jupiter have shown that the (Great Red Spot) is shallow and thin when compared to its horizontal dimension, as vertically it is ...

In 1665, astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini observed a massive storm raging on Jupiter. It became known as the Great Red Spot, a swirling oval of clouds that’s almost twice as wide as Earth.

Centuries ago, a huge red spot on Jupiter vanished. But years later, a new one was born. Today we know this conspicuous feature as the "Great Red Spot," a swirling storm wider than Earth.