Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface – even though it doesn’t have one? – Sejal, age 7, Bangalore, India The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt ...

If there was a contest for the most interesting moon in our solar system, Callisto would be a contender. Jupiter's ...

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor ... some of the first detailed looks at the planet's poles, which revealed cyclone swarms gyrating on its surface with roots that likely ...

What views of the night sky would we have if we had evolved on the Jupiter moon Europa, or one of the TRAPPIST-1 planets?

But from space, it’s far harder to see Jupiter’s hostility to life forms. In fact, this color-enhanced image of Jupiter’s cloud belts, taken by the Juno spacecraft, makes the planet look ...

We can get an idea of how planets appear through a planet parade, but have you ever wondered how our home planet, Earth, ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since July, 2016. But only just recently have scientists had a chance to analyze all of its data — and the results are painting a different ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, will take an outsized place in our night sky on Tuesday, May 8. Head outside after sunset this evening and look to ... use an app like Star Walk ...

Callisto, one of Jupiter’s largest moons, looks like a boring, crater-filled world. It doesn’t seem to have much going on ...

Io is Jupiter's third-largest moon, spanning roughly 2,300 miles (3,700 kilometers) across, which makes it slightly bigger than Earth's moon. It orbits Jupiter at a distance of around 262,000 ...