500 results for "Jupiter"

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft launched on October 14, 2024, marking the start of a long-awaited mission to explore Europa, one of Jupiter’s icy moons believed to harbor a vast subsurface…

Recent observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have revealed unexpected changes in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a massive storm that has fascinated astronomers for over 150 years. Over a 90-day…

NASA is preparing to launch the Europa Clipper mission on October 10, 2024, marking the start of a six-year journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. The spacecraft, NASA’s largest planetary…

Astronomers discovered a colossal super-Jupiter in the Great Bear constellation, 11 times the mass of Jupiter, orbiting its star 300 light-years away.

NASA's Juno spacecraft, part of the Juno mission launched in 2011, has captured groundbreaking images of a significant volcanic feature on Jupiter's moon Io, known for its extreme geological activity....

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Juice spacecraft, currently en route to explore Jupiter’s icy moons, has made an intriguing discovery much closer to home. During its August 2024 flyby of...

NASA has confirmed that its ambitious Europa Clipper mission is on schedule for an October 10, 2024 launch. This groundbreaking mission aims to explore Europa, one of Jupiter's icy moons,...

A recent study has uncovered that a colossal asteroid impact, occurring approximately 4 billion years ago, dramatically altered the rotational axis of Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system....

NASA's Europa Clipper mission, a highly anticipated journey to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, has successfully cleared a crucial milestone, keeping it on track for its scheduled launch on October...

Space enthusiasts and observers have a rare chance to witness the European Space Agency’s (ESA) JUICE spacecraft as it makes a historic Earth-Moon flyby next week. This remarkable maneuver will...

The mysterious origins of the asteroid responsible for wiping out the dinosaurs have long perplexed scientists, sparking debates about whether the deadly impactor was an asteroid, comet, or another celestial...

On the morning of Wednesday, August 14, 2024, skywatchers across the globe will have the rare opportunity to witness an extraordinary celestial event: a planetary conjunction where Jupiter and Mars...

A groundbreaking discovery by an international team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled a 'super-Jupiter' planet, Epsilon Indi Ab, located approximately 12 light-years from Earth. This...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, continues to provide unprecedented insights into the gas giant’s atmosphere. During its 61st close flyby on May 12, 2024, Juno...

Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS), the largest storm in the solar system, has been shrinking over the past century. Recent studies have provided new insights into why this iconic feature...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) mission, successfully launched on April 14, 2023, marks a significant milestone in space exploration. This ambitious mission aims to explore...

NASA's Juno spacecraft, initially tasked with studying Jupiter, has revealed fascinating insights into the volcanic activity on the gas giant's moon, Io. Through its Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument,...

Recent astronomical observations have unveiled two fascinating phenomena on Jupiter. Scientists have detected a mysterious glow on the night side of the planet, potentially signaling the presence of dark matter....

Recent studies have provided new insights into the age and origin of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS), one of the most iconic features in our solar system. This massive storm,...

New research led by Lia Siegelman, a physical oceanographer at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, reveals that the immense cyclones at Jupiter's polar regions are driven by atmospheric...

On May 15, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured intriguing images of a mysterious object near Jupiter's Great Red Spot. This phenomenon, observed in Juno's latest flyby, adds to the growing...

NASA's Juno spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, has recently provided a rare glimpse of Amalthea, the fifth moon of Jupiter, as it transits the iconic Great Red...

Posted on Feb 6, 2022 in Astronomy, Astrophysics Related Posts Jupiter’s Great Red Spot –“Could It Be a Way Station on the Long Road to Life?” “It’s Just Not Possible”...

With stories ranging from the quest for the origin of the universe to the strange cloud in the Outer Solar System to the 60-year extraterrestrial SETI silence of our Milky...

Posted on Oct 11, 2021 in Astronomy, Science, Space, Universe Mystery of Jupiter’s Metallic Oceans and Enormous Magnetic Field Planck’s Star –A Primordial Object the Age of the Universe NASA...

Posted on Oct 4, 2021 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Science, Space, Universe “Fingerprints of the Big Bang” –NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Probe First Seconds of the Universe Mystery of Jupiter’s Metallic...

Posted on Aug 5, 2021 in Astronomy, Science In 2017, NASA’s Juno spacecraft spotted electrons being fired down into Jupiter’s atmosphere at up to an enormous 400,000 volts, giving rise...

Jupiter’s moon Europa and its global ocean may currently have conditions suitable for life. Scientists are studying processes on the icy surface as they prepare to explore.“The radiation that bombards...

Contrary to science-fiction icon Arthur C. Clarke’s admonition never to attempt a landing on Jupiter’s moon, Europa, NASA announced on Friday that it had selected SpaceX to launch a planned...

Posted on Jul 13, 2021 in Astronomy, Science, Solar System “We have seen Jupiter producing X-ray aurora for four decades, but we didn’t know how this happened. We only knew...

Posted on Jul 28, 2021 in Astronomy, Science, Solar System Scientists using new and archival data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered for the first time evidence of water...

Posted on Jun 17, 2021 in Astronomy, Solar System The giant gas planets of our solar system — Saturn and Jupiter — have deep atmospheres without a solid or liquid...

Scientists have long speculated that Juptiter’s moon Europa has an icy crust covering a vast, global ocean –what Caltech’s Mike Brown describes as a “miniature Earth” ocean. The rocky layer...

Posted on Dec 11, 2020 in Astronomy, Science “Giant planets have deep atmospheres without a solid or liquid base like Earth,” said Scott Bolton, the visionary and principal investigator for...

Posted on Dec 20, 2020 in Science Tomorrow, Monday, December 21, Jupiter and Saturn will align in a “great conjunction,” appearing as close and as visible to be able to...

Posted on Nov 9, 2020 in Astronomy, Extraterrestrial Life, Science New lab experiments at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have simulated the environment of Jupiter’s storied ocean-moon, Europa, perhaps the most...

Posted on Oct 13, 2020 in Astronomy, Exoplanets, Solar System, Space “Historically, our assumption has been that the region around Jupiter is fairly empty, cleaned out by the giant planet’s...

Posted on Sep 24, 2020 in Astronomy, Science “If you went below the cloud tops, you would probably find liquid water rain drops, hail, and snow,” says Andy Ingersoll, Caltech...

Posted on Sep 8, 2020 in Astronomy, Extraterrestrial Life, NASA, Science Ever since Voyager 1 spacecraft flew past Jupiter in March, 1979 (where a day lasts 10 hours), NASA scientists...

Posted on Sep 18, 2020 in Astronomy, NASA, Science The famed astrophysicist, Lord Martin Rees, suggests that gas giant Jupiter’s dense, terrifying atmosphere –with its constant storms with thunderheads reaching...

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Science, Space “Mirror of the Milky Way” –Puzzling Galaxy Found at Dawn of the Universe Mysteries of the Ice Giants –“Totally Weird...

Posted on Aug 6, 2020 in Astronomy, Science Ever since NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft flew past Jupiter in March, 1979, scientists have wondered about the origin of Jupiter’s lightning, which...

Posted on Jul 5, 2020 in Astronomy, Exoplanets, Science A strange ice giant that can’t be explained by previous theory has been discovered by NASA Scientists using the exoplanet-sleuth Transiting...

This YouTube episode of The Galaxy Report takes us on journey to Jupiter’s storied, ocean moon, Europa. Arthur C. Clarke, author of Space Odyssey 2001, famously warned “attempt no landing”...

Posted on May 9, 2020 in Astronomy, Science, Solar System Imagine living on a planet with constant storms with thunderheads reaching 40 miles from base to top — five times...

Posted on Feb 18, 2020 in Astronomy, Science “Just when we think we have things figured out, Jupiter reminds us how much we still have to learn,” said Scott Bolton,...

Arthur C. Clarke, author of Space Odyssey 2001, famously warned “attempt no landing” to explore Europa, the most intriguing of Jupiter’s 79 moons, perhaps anticipating the “almost a racing certainty”...

Posted on Jan 9, 2020 in Astronomy, Exoplanets Since its discovery in 1995, exoplanet WASP-12b, a “hot Jupiter,” has been spiraling towards its doom. Located 600 light-years away in the...

Posted on Dec 14, 2019 in Astronomy, Science, Space “The combination of creativity and analytical thinking has once again paid off big time for NASA,” said Scott Bolton, Juno principal...

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