The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There's nothing to walk on, and no place to land a spaceship.

Apr 21, 2025 · Jupiter's signature stripes and swirls are actually cold, windy clouds of ammonia and water, floating in an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium. The dark orange stripes are called belts, …

Nov 8, 2024 · Jupiter is a giant gas planet and the largest planet in our solar system. But Jupiter has no surface. It’s made of gases that get increasingly dense as you head toward the center. Its interior is...

Nov 8, 2024 · Jupiter, the massive planet that dominates our solar system, offers a mind-bending concept: it has no solid surface.

Jupiter is surrounded by a faint system of planetary rings. The rings of Jupiter consist mainly of dust and have three main segments: an inner torus of particles known as the halo, a relatively bright main ring, …

3 days ago · Clouds and chemistry We've known about Jupiter's stormy skies for at least 360 years—that's when astronomers using early telescopes documented a curious, large permanent …

Nov 10, 2024 · If you didn't know, Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. Let's explain how that can be.

Dec 10, 2009 · Jupiter is made up almost entirely of hydrogen and helium, with some other trace gases. There is no firm surface on Jupiter, so if you tried to stand on the planet, you sink down and be...

Jan 10, 2026 · Jupiter is the solar system’s largest planet. Its diameter is about 143,000 km, dwarfing Earth. It’s massive, containing more mass than all other planets combined, and is made mainly of …

Average temperature: Approximately -110°C at an atmospheric pressure of 1 bar (an arbitrarily defined ‘surface’ for Jupiter where surface pressure matches that of sea level on Earth – this is 125 degrees …