Beneath Jupiter’s stormy clouds lies a world scientists have never directly seen, but new simulations are bringing it into focus. Researchers have revealed that the gas giant holds more oxygen and ...

A new computer model indicates Jupiter’s massive winds are generated from deep within the giant planet’s interior, a UCLA scientist and international colleagues report today in the journal Nature.

Jupiter looks like a simple gas giant from afar, but NASA’s Juno probe revealed something far more complex beneath the clouds ...

Smooth transition: a machine learning study of metallic hydrogen could shed light on the interiors of gas giants like Jupiter. (Courtesy: NASA/ESA/A Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center)/MH Wong ...

"Tidal heating plays an important role in the heating and orbital evolution of celestial bodies," said Alex Hayes, professor of astronomy. "It provides the warmth necessary to form and sustain ...