As a planet that's over 1,300 times larger than the Earth, Jupiter was dubbed King of the Planets for a reason. Recurring extraordinary phenomena in its atmosphere are also testimonies that it is ...

In a recent groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered new details about Jupiter’s auroras, shedding light on the ...

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (08/19/2025) — Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have made a groundbreaking discovery by observing and analyzing the first new type of plasma wave in ...

In a landmark observation by a team of international researchers, NASA's Juno spacecraft has, for the first time, clearly ...

Beautiful ‘dancing’ lights were recently found on Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. The lights are similar to the auroras seen on Earth but are “hundreds of times brighter than those ...

A fresh look at Jupiter's powerful auroras with the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed never-before-seen details, and has uncovered a strange mystery for researchers to solve. On Christmas Day in ...

Plasma waves are a critical element to understanding the many mysteries of the gas giant’s turbulent, magnetically powerful atmosphere, the researchers say. reading time 3 minutes Since entering ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Jupiter’s magnetosphere is the largest and most dynamic in the Solar System, a vast region where the planet’s powerful magnetic field governs the behaviour of charged particles. This envelope not only ...