Jupiter’s most famous storm is slimming down, spinning up and behaving in ways that challenge what scientists thought they knew about giant-planet weather. The Great Red Spot, once a planetary icon ...

What's in a name? Well, for the amateur astronomers and scientists fixated on Jupiter, there's been a recent need to describe its iconic storm as more than just a great red spot. Here on Earth, storms ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have spotted a previously unseen structure in the atmosphere above Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a storm that has captivated scientists for centuries, has shrunk to the smallest size ever recorded. Recent observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the ...

Thick, swirling clouds cover Jupiter from pole to pole. They hold water like Earth’s clouds, but at far greater density.

An unmanned NASA spacecraft is about to fly over a massive storm raging on Jupiter, in a long-awaited a journey that could shed new light on the forces driving the planets Great Red Spot. The flyby of ...

Each year, NASA’s Hubble Space telescope takes photos of the other planets in our solar system to see how they’ve changed over time. This year, images confirm that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is getting ...

Since this past September, Saturn’s been the best planet to enjoy through even a small telescope, even though its ring system ...

The giant planet Jupiter is back in our evening sky this week. Fresh from its opposition with the sun on Jan. 10, it now lies as close to the Earth as it ...