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Jupiter's Great Red Spot is being squeezed, Hubble Telescope finds — and nobody knows why
The Hubble Space Telescope has seen Jupiter's Great Red Spot oscillating in width as it drifts around the planet. Could this be related to its overall shrinking?
Why NASA is sending the Europa Clipper to search for aliens near Jupiter
In the coming weeks, NASA's Europa Clipper will take off on a long journey to Jupiter's moon Europa. The icy moon could potentially host alien life — and there's only one way to find out.
Asteroid 10 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock smashed Jupiter's largest moon off its axis
New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly 90-mile-wide asteroid around 4 billion years ago. The colossal collision was likely one of the biggest asteroid impacts the solar system has ever seen.
Jupiter Mars conjunction: How to see 2 planets 'kiss' in the sky before sunrise on Wednesday
Look east before dawn on Wednesday, Aug. 14, to see the giant planet and the Red Planet just a third of a degree from one another in a rare planetary conjunction.
Jupiter's surreal clouds swirl in new van Gogh-esque view from NASA's Juno probe
Vivid clouds swirl across Jupiter's skies like colorful brushstrokes in a new photo from NASA's Juno spacecraft.
NASA's Juno probe reveals 'fire-breathing' lava lakes across Jupiter's volcanic moon Io
New infrared images showcase "fire-breathing" lakes all across the surface of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io.
If alien life exists on Europa, we may find it in hydrothermal vents
If there's life on Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus, it could have a network of deep-sea hydrothermal vents to thank for its existence, new research suggests.
James Webb Space Telescope spies strange shapes above Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have spotted a previously unseen structure in the atmosphere above Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot.
