"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian atmosphere at a comet-like speed of 170,000 kilometers per hour," NASA ...

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Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about geologically active moons.

However, as with Venus, the Large Magellanic Cloud serves as a good rough guide to Jupiter’s South Celestial Pole.

While Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been a constant feature of the planet for centuries, a team of astronomers have discovered equally large spots at the planet’s north and south poles that appear and ...

Dark ovals in Jupiter's polar haze, visible only at UV wavelengths, were first noticed 25 years ago, then ignored. A new study shows that these dark UV ovals are common, appearing at the south ...

More cyclones were spotted during a flyby over the south pole of the gas giant, too. Another image of Jupiter captured by the Juno spacecraft on October 24, 2024.

“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in the geological record,” said Tomkins in a statement that accompanied the ...

In August 2021, we fact-checked a photograph allegedly showing what Jupiter would look like if viewed from its south pole.

Jupiter’s south pole features a similar configuration, except with five storms forming a pentagon, as opposed to the eight at the north pole that form an octagon.