"I don't think anyone's made this connection between the surface fluid pattern and the interior properties of these planets." ...

MIT scientists may have finally found the answer to the difference in polar weather of the almost similar planets.

Scientists have measured that Jupiter releases more internal heat than it absorbs from the Sun, based on observations of its structure, rotation, and atmospheric behavior.

(PhysOrg.com) -- A hot Jupiter - a type of celestial object unknown only fifteen years ago - is a Jupiter-sized exoplanet orbiting so close to its host star that its atmospheric temperature is thought ...

The weather forecast for Jupiter calls for clouds with a chance of lightning and "mushballs"—a slushy mix of ammonia and water encased in a hard water ice shell that rain down like hail here on Earth.

In the Solar System, there’s only one other gas giant: Saturn, currently visible to the west in the early evening. Leaving aside its glorious rings, Saturn has another claim to fame: this gas giant ...