New simulations suggest Jupiter holds far more water than once thought, reshaping ideas about how the largest planet formed.

Jupiter, long enshrined in classroom diagrams as a near-perfect striped sphere, has just been resized and reshaped. New ...

Combined chemical and hydrodynamic modeling offers a powerful tool beyond Jupiter. Scientists can apply similar techniques to ...

For generations, Jupiter has been shorthand for a straightforward idea: the biggest planet in the Solar System, a gas giant that quietly shepherds comets and anchors the outer worlds. That picture is ...

Each planet in the Solar System has something special about it, from the rings of Saturn to the fiery inferno of Venus. Jupiter, though, holds a special place in our hearts for its stupendously ...

Last month, an amateur astronomer gazing out at Jupiter from a telescope in his backyard caught a glimpse of something incredible. A sudden, bright flash of light appeared for 1.5 seconds on the lower ...