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NASA finds organic compounds seeping up from hidden ocean on Jupiter's icy moon Ganymede
By Brett Tingley published
Ganymede, one of the largest moons in the solar system, possesses a salty subsurface ocean that may contain organic compounds, new research finds.
Eerie 'face' haunts Jupiter in creepy photo from NASA's Juno probe
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Jupiter's swirling clouds form an eerie image that resembles a face.
James Webb telescope spots enormous jet stream faster than a Category 5 hurricane on Jupiter
By Monisha Ravisetti published
New observations with the James Webb Space Telescope reveal a never-before-seen jet stream near Jupiter's equator moving twice as fast as a Category 5 hurricane.
Space photo of the week: Jupiter's seething volcano moon gets a close-up
By Jamie Carter published
Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanic world in the solar system, was imaged from just 7,260 miles away.
James Webb telescope finds potential signature of life on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
By Stephanie Pappas published
The discovery of seemingly home-grown carbon dioxide suggests Europa's ice-covered ocean could be habitable.
100-year-long 'megastorms' on Saturn are creating radio signals that scientists can't fully explain
By Brandon Specktor published
Gargantuan storms on Saturn can wrap around the entire planet and be seen for months. New research suggests their impacts persist hundreds of years longer than experts thought.
A new, Jupiter-size planet is on the verge of being born, and astronomers have incredible images of it
By Brandon Specktor published
A gorgeous new image of a star system 5,000 light-years from Earth could finally explain how Jupiter-size planets are born from chaotic fields of gas.
1st known 'Trojan' planets discovered locked in the exact same orbit around a star
By Ben Turner published
A distant Jupiter-size planet could have the shattered remains of a smaller sibling in its tow.
Tiny, 'ultracool' star emits surprising radio signals that it should not be capable of producing
By Harry Baker published
The brown dwarf, which is colder than a typical campfire, produces regular radio wave pulses despite having a magnetic field that, in theory, should be too weak to create them.
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