Jupiter

This page showcases our resources for those interested in learning more about Jupiter.

To most of us, dust is an annoyance. But these tiny particles that float about and settle on surfaces play an important role across the solar system.

On April 9, 2022, the JunoCam instrument captured what it would look like to ride along with the Juno spacecraft.

A new study finds the speed of sound is slower on Mars and that, mostly, a deep silence prevails.

The number of confirmed exoplanets has crossed the 5,000 mark.

The rover’s self-driving capabilities will be put to the test as it begins a record-breaking series of sprints to its next sampling location.

Science instruments and other hardware for the spacecraft will come together in the mission’s final phase before a launch to Europa in 2024.

Composed of multiple images, this enhanced-color mosaic of a hill in Jezero Crater was created using Perseverance's Mastcam-Z camera system.

A new study finally reveals higher-frequency X-rays and explains why they eluded another mission 30 years ago.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken its first visible light images of the surface of Venus from space.

A team is tracking storms across parts of the U.S. in two NASA planes to help understand the inner workings of winter storms.

Caltech researchers used the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to determine that surface water left salt minerals behind as recently as 2 billion years ago.

Europa Clipper will need to know its orientation while traveling from Earth to Jupiter and in orbit around Jupiter. To accomplish this, it will use the stars.

Scientists have announced that samples collected by Curiosity are rich in a type of carbon associated with biological processes on Earth.

The Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon, Ice Moon, the Moon after Yule, and the Old Moon.

Our 2021 round-up of NASA planetary science is packed with the year’s most spectacular images, ground-breaking discoveries, and incredible mission events.

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured sounds of Jupiter's moon Ganymede during a June 7, 2021, close flyby.

Finding plumes at Europa is an exciting prospect, but scientists warn it’ll be tricky, even from up close.

An artistic interpretation of Curiosity’s view high up on a Martian mountain was created by mission team members.

The camera aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft imaged Saturn on Oct. 13, 2021.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has completed this year's grand tour of the outer solar system.

During its 36th low pass over Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of striking Jupiter's cloud bands and swirls.

New Juno findings provide a fuller picture of Jupiter’s colorful atmospheric features, and offer clues about what's below the clouds.

JPL's lucky peanuts are an unofficial tradition at big mission events.

A new paper details how the hydrological cycle of the now-dry lake at Jezero Crater is more complicated than originally thought.