If Jupiter doesn’t have a surface, what does it have? How can it hold together? Even as a professor of physics who studies all kinds of unusual phenomena, I realize the concept of a world...
The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth.
"If Jupiter doesn’t have a surface, what does it have? "
Jupiter has no solid ground, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. But how can that be? If Jupiter doesn’t have a surface, what does it have?
Introduction · Namesake · Potential for Life · Size and Distance · Orbit and Rotation · Moons · Rings · Formation
The cloud tops of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune hide what is going on in the planets’ interiors. ; High pressures and other extreme conditions lead to some magnificent phenomena. ; Given our understanding of the planets, it is probably not possible to stand on the surface of Jupiter — or any of the other giants.
Have you ever wondered what it might feel like to stand on Jupiter’s surface? Well, there’s a problem. Jupiter is made up almost entirely of hydrogen and helium, with some other trace gases. There...
Jupiter is a gas giant planet, as such it does not have a true solid surface. A spacecraft would not be able to land on the giant planet nor could it fly right through unscathed due to the...
The bright Jupiter is known for its many moons, unstable surface, and mysterious Great Red Spot. Is there something else? Find out!
Magnetic oscillations produce the different colored bands and interact with the massive storms on Jupiter's surface.