Striking images from NASA’s Juno spacecraft have revealed unexpected activity deep in Jupiter’s atmosphere. Slushy hail, made of water and ammonia, may form during lightning-packed storms, giving ...

This illustration uses data obtained by NASA’s Juno mission to depict high-altitude electrical storms on Jupiter. Juno’s sensitive Stellar Reference Unit camera ...

This is what we have on the giant planets." Processes like rain and storms are believed to be the main vertical mixers of planetary atmospheres. For decades, it had been assumed that Jupiter's ...

That space rock might look tiny but its important to note Jupiter is massive (Victor Salerno/Space Today) These 21 fragments collided with the planet between July 16 and July 22 at a speed of ...

Inferring planet composition from observations of clouds Gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn and ice giants like Neptune and Uranus are a major focus of current space missions and large telescopes ...