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Tag: Jupiter
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Don’t miss Jupiter’s closest date with Earth in 70 years on Sep 26
NASA's Juno spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter for six years, is dedicated to exploring the planet's surface and its moons.
September 17, 2022 -
NASA’s Webb telescope captures Jupiter’s faint rings, Great Red Spot
With giant storms, powerful winds, auroras, and extreme temperature and pressure conditions, Jupiter has a lot going on.
August 24, 2022 -
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn to align in straight line this week after 1000 years
When planets line up on one side of the Sun as seen up above the plane of our solar system is termed the first kind of planet parade.
April 27, 2022 -
Jupiter-like planet discovered by NASA volunteer citizen scientist
The Jupiter-size planet is special for astronomers because its 261-day year is long compared to many known gas giants outside our solar system.
January 16, 2022 -
Japanese skywatchers spot Jupiter hit by another space rock
Skywatchers in Japan have observed a flash in the atmosphere of the planet's northern hemisphere likely caused by an asteroid slamming into Jupiter.
October 22, 2021 -
Researchers find moon-forming disk of gas around a distant planet
Most models of planet formation show that circumplanetary disks disappear within about 10 million years.
July 12, 2019 -
Surface tensions
A prayer-field of ice may prevent a craft from alighting on Jupiter's moon, Europa.
October 10, 2018 -
Under Europa’s skin
We may not need to go far to find extra-terrestrial life after all.
July 25, 2018 -
‘NASA reveals stunning images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot’
NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft has beamed back a series of images of Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot – revealing a tangle of dark, veinous clouds weaving their way through a massive crimson oval. During the Juno mission Jupiter flyby on July 10, the JunoCam imager aboard NASA's snapped pictures of the most massive storm that...
July 13, 2017 -
Juno completes Jupiter’s Great Red Spot flyby
Six years since the Juno spacecraft started its journey, it has completed a close flyby directly over Jupiter's Great Red Spot, NASA has confirmed. This was humanity's first up-close and personal view of the gigantic feature, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) confirmed. "My latest #Jupiter science flyby is complete! All science instruments...
July 12, 2017 -
Gemini telescope aids Juno’s mission through Jupiter
Researchers are using very detailed Gemini Observatory images to help guide the Juno spacecraft's exploration of Jupiter, a media eport said. The high-resolution imaging by the Gemini North telescope on Maunakea in Hawaii was informing the Juno mission of compelling events in Jupiter's atmosphere, Xinhua news agency reported. "These observations trace vertical flows that cannot...
July 2, 2017 -
NASA unveils stunning image of haze-covered Jupiter
NASA's Earth-bound Gemini North telescope has beamed back a stunning image of Jupiter showing haze particles over a range of altitudes, as seen in reflected sunlight. As the Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter, the Gemini telescope is providing high-resolution images to help guide its exploration of the giant planet. Astronomers at the telescope on Maunakea in...
July 2, 2017 -
Jupiter is the oldest planet in solar system
Jupiter – the largest planet in our solar system – is also the oldest, say scientists who found that the gas giant formed within four million years after the formation of the Sun. Knowing the age of Jupiter is key for understanding how the solar system evolved towards its present-day architecture. Although models predict that...
June 14, 2017 -
Hottest known planet in universe discovered
Scientists have discovered the hottest known planet located 650 light years from Earth, which is warmer than most stars in the universe and sports a giant, glowing gas tail like a comet. The Jupiter-like planet orbits a massive star KELT-9 every day and a half, researchers said. With a day-side temperature peaking at 4,326 degree...
June 6, 2017 -
Mysterious eclipses point to giant ringed planet
A giant gas planet — up to 50 times the mass of Jupiter, encircled by a ring of dust — may be the object regularly blocking light from a young star more than a thousand light years away from Earth, says a study. The researchers discovered that every two-and-half years, the light from this distant...
June 1, 2017 -
Huge lava waves spotted on Jupiter moon Io
Astronomers have detected two massive lava waves sweeping around the largest lava lake on Jupiter moon Io. Taking advantage of a rare orbital alignment between two of Jupiter's moons, Io and Europa, the researchers obtained an exceptionally detailed map of the largest lava lake on Io, which is also the volcanically most active body in...
May 11, 2017 -
Massive super-Jupiter exoplanet discovered
Astronomers have found a new exoplanet about three times more massive than Jupiter, orbiting a star 21,000 light years away from Earth. The massive exoplanet, designated MOA-2016-BLG-227Lb, was discovered by researchers led by Naoki Koshimoto of the Osaka University in Japan using the gravitational microlensing technique. Gravitational microlensing is a method of detecting new extrasolar...
April 19, 2017
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