An artificially colored view of Jupiter as seen in ultraviolet light. In addition to the Great Red Spot, which appears blue, another oval feature can be seen in the brown haze at Jupiter's south pole.

Recent photographs from an amateur astrophotographer have shed light on an intriguing phenomenon on Jupiter: two gigantic white storms visible in the planet's South Equatorial Belt (SEB).

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This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the planet Jupiter in a color composite of ultraviolet wavelengths. Released on Nov. 3, 2023, in honor of Jupiter reaching opposition, which occurs ...

Jupiter as seen by NASA's Juno spacecraft on ... during which JunoCam acquired around 20 close-up visible color images. JunoCam captured nine plumes from active volcanic features on the moon ...

Jupiter really steals the show this month. Finding the king of planets is easy. Look in the east after sunset; it’s the brightest thing around. The later the hour, the farther west Jupiter ...

January’s full moon arrives at 10:52 p.m. on Jan. 15. Algonquin Indians called this the wolf moon, for the hungry howling of the packs in the depth of winter. That night it will follow Jupiter across ...

The images highlight one of Jupiter’s most famous features: the Great Red Spot, a huge, long-lived storm famous for its color. One of the images captures the Great Red Spot with Amalthea ...

Also, in space news NASA recently shared images from the robotic explorers a recent image of a color-enhanced view of Jupiter from NASA’s Juno mission taken in December 2024 and a few robotic ...