The image, and the data used to make it, will help scientists quite literally peel away Jupiter’s atmosphere and look within upper layers of the planet’s interior. When you purchase through links on ...

An artificially colored view of Jupiter as seen in ultraviolet light. In addition to the Great Red Spot, which appears blue, another oval feature can be seen in the brown haze at Jupiter's south pole.

You probably know Jupiter, the rotund fifth planet from the Sun, as orange and tan with a big red splotch. But the Hubble Space Telescope recently imaged the gas giant in ultraviolet light, giving the ...