Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface – even though it doesn’t have one? – Sejal, age 7, Bangalore, India The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt ...

Scientists think there’s an ocean of magma under its rocky surface. Io, which orbits Jupiter every 42 hours, was imaged by the only binocular telescope of its kind. Equipped with two 27-foot ...

One of Jupiter’s biggest moons has the potential to harbour life in a subsurface sea. The nature of its core will provide ...

Another observation posted to a Chinese video sharing site appears to a show the same flash on Jupiter’s surface captured by an amateur astronomer in Henan province. When you’re as big as ...

which revealed cyclone swarms gyrating on its surface with roots that likely extend deep below the upper bands of clouds. Though Jupiter has been so intensely examined, many mysteries remain.

The two largest planets are Jupiter and Saturn. They are called Gas Giants as they don't have hard surfaces, but instead have swirling gases above a solid core. On the surface of Jupiter there is ...

Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active body in our Solar System, with around 400 volcanoes and extensive lava flows spread across its surface – but contrary to what scientists thought, a ...