New observations of the most volcanic world in our solar system solve a mystery that began with Voyager 1
Observations made of Jupiter’s moon Io during the Juno mission’s flybys helped astronomers confirm how and why Io became the ...
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Worthy of a Science Fiction Movie: NASA’s Juno Probe Captures an Image of a Dolphin on Jupiter’s Surface
The Juno mission, spearheaded by NASA, aims to unravel the secrets hidden beneath Jupiter’s dense cloud cover. Since its ...
Jupiter’s ‘Tortured Moon’: Astronomers Uncover Surprising Source of Io’s Intense Volcanic Fury
Researchers from the Juno mission have finally solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for over four decades.
Jupiter, ascending: See our solar system’s biggest planet at its brightest all year
Weather permitting, Jupiter will not only be brighter than most other stars and planets in the evening sky, but will also be ...
A Tale of Four Worlds: Hubble’s Ten-Year Hunt for Secrets in the Outer Solar System
NASA and ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been observing the outer planets through a program called OPAL (Outer Planet ...
Skywatch: Jupiter’s on the night shift
The planet named after the king of the gods in Roman mythology is visible all night long right now, rising in the east at ...
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Scientists Say Something May Have Visited the Solar System and Rearranged the Planets
The Sun is an incandescent but benevolent dictator. For billions of years, it's kept our Solar System well organized and ...
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Dramatic changes on Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Jupiter revealed in 10 years of Hubble Telescope images (video)
Over the last ten years, OPAL has observed Uranus' northern hemisphere, which has faced the inner solar system for the ...
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NASA tests high-tech software for future mission to search for life on Jupiter's moon Europa
The communications lag between Earth and Jupiter means missions to Europa will need to be smart to deal with problems on ...
Jupiter is about to be at its brightest and closest point of the year
On Friday, Dec. 6, Jupiter will reach a distance of 380 million miles from our planet, its closest point if the year. That’s ...
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Our Solar System's Orbits May Have Been Arranged by an Invading Planet
The evolution of the orbits of the planets is a complex process. Initially the planets formed out of a rotating disk of gas ...
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Jupiter, ascending: See our solar system's biggest planet at its brightest all year
7, 2023. People around the world will have a chance this weekend to catch what could be the year’s most stunning view of the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter on Saturday will shine at its ...