Jupiter
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Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun, and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass nearly 2.5 times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined and slightly le
Close-up of the Great Red Spot imaged by the Juno spacecraft in true colour. Due to the way Juno takes photographs, the stitched image has extreme barrel distortion.
The Galilean moons' effect on Jupiter's magnetosphere
Jupiter and four Galilean moons seen through an amateur telescope
Jupiter, taken in infrared light, showing its faint rings, along with two moons – Amalthea and Adrastea, auroras, and atmospheric features.
Saturn
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Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant, with an average radius of about 9 times that of Earth. It has an eighth of the ave
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…and compounds such as ammonia, water vapour, phosphine, hydrogen sulfide, and hydrocarbons. Jupiter's helium abundance is 80% of the Sun's, similar to Saturn's composition. The outer atmosphere is divided into a series of latitudinal bands, with turbulence and storms along their interacting boundaries; the…
A global storm girdles the planet in 2011. The storm passes around the planet, such that the storm's head (bright area) passes its tail.
Saturn's north polar hexagon as imaged by the Cassini spacecraft.
Auroral lights at Saturn's north pole
An amateur telescopic view of Saturn