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Jupiter Just Got Hit by a Comet or Asteroid ... Again (Video)
By Tariq Malik published
Take that, Jupiter! The largest planet in the solar system just got whacked by an asteroid or a comet, and some intrepid stargazers have captured the planet's latest collision on camera.
Amazing Jupiter Video Shows Slowing Shrinkage of the Great Red Spot
By Nola Taylor Redd published
Jupiter's Great Red Spot Shrinks to Smallest Size Ever Seen (Video, Photos)
By Elizabeth Howell published
Jupiter's Great Red Spot — the most powerful storm in the solar system — is at its smallest observed size yet, and scientists aren't sure why.
First Map of Jupiter's Giant Moon Ganymede Unveiled (Photos, Video)
By Mike Wall published
The largest moon in the solar system has finally received its cartographic due, more than 400 years after its discovery.
'Starship View' of Earth and Moon Captured by NASA Jupiter Probe (Video)
By Megan Gannon published
NASA's Juno spacecraft captured an amazing "starship-like view" of Earth and the moon as it made a speedy flyby past our planet on its way to Jupiter in October.
Hidden Oceans on Jupiter's Icy Moon Europa May Explain Strange Terrain
By Charles Q. Choi published
Churning seas beneath the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa might explain the chaotic jumble of cracks and ridges around its equator, scientists say.
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