Eleven times wider than Earth. Over 300 times more massive. And a million times more terrifying. Jupiter may look like a beautiful ball of swirling clouds, but on the inside, it is a gaseous inferno.

On March 4, 1979, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft took the first photos of rings around Jupiter. This was the first time anyone had seen Jupiter’s rings. Because the rings are so thin and faint, it's ...

What if Earth had Jupiter’s magnetic field strength? Explore how stronger magnetic protection would affect life, technology, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Left to right: Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter show off their rings for various NASA spacecraft.

"This brings us closer to understanding how not only Jupiter but the entire solar system took shape." Long before it became the giant planet we see today, Jupiter was even bigger and had a much ...

There’s an extremely good chance that Earth once did have a ring system. There’s an extremely good chance that Earth once did have a ring system. At least, that’s the proposal by a recent study that ...