Watch the king of the planets turn on its throne

Just in time for Halloween, the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a spooky view of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot staring back at Earth.

One of Europe’s most ambitious planetary missions is on its way to Jupiter to study the planet, its icy moons and possibly habitable sub-surface seas.

A composite, extreme false-colour image of Jupiter’s northern polar regions based on data from NASA’s Juno orbiter highlights a striking assembly of huge cyclones roiling the giant planet’s atmosphere.