New movies of Jupiter are the first to catch an invisible wave shaking up one of the giant planet's jet streams, an interaction that also takes place in Earth's atmosphere and influences the weather. The movies, made from images taken by the Cassini spacecraft when it flew by Jupiter in 2000 and European amateur astronomers, are part of an in-depth study conducted by a team of scientists and amateur astronomers led by Amy Simon-Miller at NASA

New studies has shown that vulcanic activity on the Jovian moon Io, influenes Jupiters magnetic field, and afre dicerectly responsible for changes in the superplanets aruroral activities.

In a finding of significance in the search for life beyond Earth, scientists have discovered what appears to be a large body of liquid water the volume of the Italy locked inside the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa - which could represent a new potential habitat for life.

Just as an expert chess player sacrifices a piece to protect the queen, the solar system may have given up a giant planet and spared the Earth, according to an article recently published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.