New data from NASA's Juno orbiter reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and more 'squashed' than scientists previously thought.

“This research helps us understand how planets form and evolve… by studying what’s happening inside Jupiter, we get closer to ...

But unlike Jupiter, Venus does have phases, going from not illuminated at all (when it is between the Earth and the Sun) to ...

Amazing views of Jupiter over the years via the Hubble Space Telescope. The moons of Io, Ganymede and hazy Uranus can be observed. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Simon (NASA-GSFC), M. H. Wong (UC ...

For decades, scientists believed they had a solid handle on Jupiter’s size and shape.

For over 50 years, we thought we knew the size and shape of Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. Now, Weizmann ...

The Juno observations showed that Jupiter has an equatorial diameter of 88,841 miles (142,976 km), which is about 5 miles (8 ...

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The moon greets Jupiter two days ahead of its full moon phase on Feb. 1.

International scientists led by the Weizmann Institute of Science have conducted an analysis based on measurements from ...