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Jupiter's powerful auroras form during a 'tug of war' between the planet and nearby moon volcanoes
NASA's Juno spacecraft and the Hubble Space Telescope helped researchers chart the electric current…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A mesmerizing NASA video lets you ride with the Juno spacecraft as it flies by Jupiter and its largest moon
Juno flew within 645 miles of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, last week - the closest any spacecr…
Aria Bendix
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Stunning video captures a rare Jupiter triple-eclipse: 3 large moons casting their shadows over the planet
Moons pass between Jupiter and Earth all the time, but it's rare that three of them do it at once. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Astronomers just stitched together an unprecedented portrait of Jupiter in infrared — and realized its Great Red Spot is full of holes
Astronomers created a "weather satellite" by linking a Jupiter-orbiting spacecraft, NASA's Hubble S…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures photos of dark red storms raging in Jupiter's Northern hemisphere
New photos of Jupiter taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will help scientists to track and bett…
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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A new NASA probe finds "abundant" water in Jupiter's atmosphere
The largest planet in our solar system may not be as dry as earlier shown by a NASA probe, accordin…
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope imaged Jupiter's rings and moons, in white-hot infrared
NASA's new Webb telescope is powerful enough to capture galaxies 13 billion light-years away, and s…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn are clustering in the night sky in a rare, three-planet conjunction event. Here's how to see it on Monday.
Jupiter and Saturn recently aligned closer in the sky than they had in centuries. Now, Mercury has …
Aylin Woodward
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Viewer data sheds light on why Netflix ended 'Jupiter's Legacy' and renewed 'Shadow and Bone' for season 2
Netflix's superhero series "Jupiter's Legacy" fell out of its daily popularity rankings quicker tha…
Travis Clark
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New images reveal Jupiter's Great Red Spot and its smaller counterpart, Red Spot Jr., in stunning detail
Two telescopes worked together to capture jaw-dropping images of Jupiter through different types of…
Aylin Woodward
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A NASA spacecraft circling Jupiter has captured the planet's colorful electrical outbursts — 'sprites' and 'elves' — for the first time
Jupiter's lightning seems to produce brilliant flashes of light high above its water clouds — alien…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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45 years ago, NASA's Voyager spacecraft flew past Jupiter. See how the iconic video compares to photos of the planet today.
Voyager 1 captured Jupiter as nobody had ever seen it before. Now, 45 years later, NASA's Juno spac…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ellyn L…
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An amateur astronomer caught one of the brightest fireballs ever seen on Jupiter. Watch the rare video footage.
An asteroid or comet smacked Jupiter on camera. Only a few impacts this big and bright have ever be…
Maiya Focht,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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Side-by-side Jupiter images show James Webb's infrared prowess. It spots auroras, rings, and faint galaxies Hubble can't see clearly.
Webb's new images of Jupiter showcase its auroras, rings, and extremely faint galaxies, which Hubbl…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer in the sky than they have for 800 years on Monday, aligning as a 'double planet.' Here's how to see it.
On Monday, December 21, Jupiter and Saturn will be the closest they've been in the sky since the ye…