Jupiter's Great Red Spot has been the biggest storm in the solar system for centuries. But lately, it seems to be shrinking..

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. This image of Jupiter from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in July ...

In 1665, Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini observed a giant dark spot on Jupiter, which he called the "Permanent Spot." (English scientist Robert Hooke might've discovered it a year earlier, in ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Illustration of the Jovian moon Io, seen against the backdrop of ...

This time-lapse movie is assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations spanning approximately 90 days between December 2023 and March 2024. CREDIT: NASA/ESA/Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC)/Joseph ...

The data used to create the image is from a Hubble Space Telescope project to capture and map Jupiter's superstorm system.

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the planet Jupiter in a color composite of ultraviolet wavelengths. Released on Nov. 3, 2023, in honor of Jupiter reaching opposition, which occurs ...

Jupiter has some of the most conspicuous atmospheric features in our solar system. The planet's Great Red Spot, large enough to envelop Earth, is nearly as well known as some of the various rivers ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. During their migration towards their star, these planets were thought to accrete or eject any ...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot—a rotating storm that is so large it could swallow Earth—isn’t what it used to be. Research has revealed that the crimson-hued spot visible today is, on average ...