These storms are thought to contain a kind of water-ammonia hail ('mushballs') specific to Jupiter's atmosphere, which drags the ammonia down into the deep atmosphere and may explain the presence of ...

Scientists are scratching their heads over bizarre new activity on Jupiter. The planet’s famous Great Red Spot is shrinking, but now unexpected storms, energy surges, and atmospheric anomalies have ...

It turns out Earth is not the only planet in the solar system with thunderstorms. NASA's Juno mission captured the glow left from a bolt of lightning. In a newly released picture, a green bolt of ...

Large balls of slush and ice rain down on Jupiter during the gaseous planet’s lightning storms, planetary scientists at UC‌ Berkeley said this week. The mushball theory — initially proposed in 2020 to ...

This quiz will challenge your knowledge of Jupiter's features, moons, and the missions that have dared to get close.

Over four billion years ago, the solar system was a wild and dangerous place. Swirling clouds of dust and gas slowly turned ...