Those observations may tell scientists whether the "black eye" was caused by a comet like Shoemaker-Levy 9, which bruised Jupiter 15 years ago, or an asteroid, or perhaps some weird internal process.

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have made a new discovery by observing and analyzing the first new ...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is perhaps its most iconic feature. It’s a vast storm, a bloody-colored hurricane that is at least four centuries old, and larger in size than several Earths. It can ...

Thirty years ago, Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter and took pictures of the its iconic red spot. But now, Björn Jónssen has put the images together, mosaic style, to give us a clearer glimpse into the ...