Veteran astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy of Arizona unveiled this spectacular photo of Jupiter this month on Sept. 17 after capturing his best view yet of the giant planet.

Why it's so special: This photo, taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft, is the highest-resolution image taken of the most volcanic world in the solar system in 22 years. During Juno's 55th orbit of ...

Jupiter and some of its moons—and its rings—are seen through NIRCam’s 3.23 micron filter. NASA, ESA, CSA, and B. Holler and J. Stansberry (STScI) ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter has returned another spectacular set of images of the giant planet after its 65th close monthly flyby saw it enter the final year of its life. In an ...

Swirling clouds above Jupiter's terminator — the dividing line between the day and night sides of the planet — resemble an eerie Halloween mask in a new photo captured on Sept. 7, 2023, during ...

The lightning photo was captured as Juno was completing its 31st close flyby of Jupiter on Dec. 30, 2020. Citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill processed the image from raw data from the JunoCam ...

Also published is a compilation of Juno's images of Io taken on Oct. 16, as well as another photo showing both Io and Jupiter in the same field of view.. Io is the fifth most distant moon from ...