A new computer model indicates Jupiter’s massive winds are generated from deep within the giant planet’s interior, a UCLA scientist and international colleagues report today in the journal Nature.

NASA’s Juno space probe has been circling Jupiter for the past 20 months, and it’s been transmitting scientific data back to Earth at a furious pace. Today, astronomers are releasing four new studies ...

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, and a major component of stars such as the Sun, as well as gas-giant planets such as Jupiter and Saturn. In recent years, hydrogen’s behavior at ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Jupiter’s moon Europa has an icy crust covering a vast, global ocean, NASA reported on Tuesday (25 May). The rocky layer underneath may be hot enough to melt, leading to undersea volcanoes. New ...

A study suggests that certain global patterns, if observed in Jupiter's near-surface magnetic and gravity fields, could help answer longstanding questions about the planet's interior. Planetary ...

"Tidal heating plays an important role in the heating and orbital evolution of celestial bodies," said Alex Hayes, professor of astronomy. "It provides the warmth necessary to form and sustain ...

Measurements returned by NASA's Galileo probe into Jupiter have provided dramatic new evidence about circulation processes within the planet's atmosphere and prompted scientists to propose radical new ...