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 ...

Loki Patera is 202 kilometres (126 mi) in diameter, covers 20,000 sq km (7,700 sq mi), and was the largest volcanic feature found on Io until these new observations revealed the hot spot in the south ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Scientists with NASA Juno mission have discovered a volcanic hot spot in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter moon Io NASA said on Thursday The hot sp ...

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