Jupiter"s Hot Youth May Have Melted Its Icy Moons
The gas giant planet’s youthful glow could explain major differences between its four largest satellites.....»»
Gorgeous images of Jupiter’s cloud tops snapped by Juno spacecraft
The Juno spacecraft made its 49th close flyby of Jupiter earlier this year, and NASA has shared stunning images taken as it whizzed by the planet's cloud tops......»»
Stretched police branded "unjust" by Australian youth battling mental health
Criminologists have warned dangerous and fatal consequences will continue when overburdened and undertrained police respond to mental health incidents......»»
An element essential to life discovered on one of Saturn"s moons, raising hopes of finding alien microbes
Enceladus is the tiny moon of Saturn that seems to have it all. Its icy surface is intricately carved by ongoing geological processes. Its icy shell overlies an internal, liquid ocean. There, chemically charged warm water seeps out of the rocky core.....»»
Jupiter"s moon Europa may have had a slow evolution
Jupiter's moon, Europa, is slightly smaller than Earth's Moon and is one of the most promising places to search for alien life......»»
The search for habitable moons in the solar system is heating up
Recent research has found phosphorus, one of the building blocks for life, at Saturn's icy moon Enceladus......»»
Montana calls UN climate report “hearsay” at landmark youth-led climate trial
Official: “Montana’s emissions are simply too minuscule to make any difference." Enlarge / Glacier National Park, Montana. (credit: Evgeny Vasenev | Cavan) Yesterday, a landmark climate trial kicked off in Montana, w.....»»
Landmark US youth climate trial begins in Montana
The first ever constitutional climate trial in the United States opened Monday in Montana, brought by young activists suing the north-central state for violating their right to a "clean and healthful environment.".....»»
Astronomers observe giant tails of helium escaping Jupiter-like planet
A team of astronomers has used observations from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory to discover some of the longest tails of gas yet observed escaping a planet......»»
Apple Music finally adds option to cross-fade between songs in iOS 17
Apple Music has finally added a feature that has existed on the Android version of Apple Music for a while, has been a staple of iTunes on desktop, and in fact used to exist in the iOS Music app many moons ago. That’s right — iOS 17 finally add.....»»
Astronomers discover a new "warm Jupiter" on an eccentric and misaligned orbit
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered a new "warm Jupiter" exoplanet. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-1859 b, orbits its parent star on an eccentric and misaligned orbit. The finding is report.....»»
Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón"s words to Jupiter
A new work by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, written for an upcoming NASA mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, is a glance at outer space that returns back to Earth......»»
NASA’s June skywatching tips include Mars in the Beehive
NASA's skywatching tips for June include the spectacle of Mars among the Beehive Cluster, and Saturn and Jupiter rising with the crescent moon......»»
Juice spacecraft has overcome its stuck antenna issue and is ready for Jupiter
The European Space Agency's Juice spacecraft is now fully deployed and on its way to study the icy moons of Jupiter......»»
The case of the missing Jupiters: Gas giant planets are a no-show around small red stars
Astronomers have revealed that the smallest and most common kinds of stars in the universe, called red dwarfs, very rarely host big, Jupiter-like planets. This absence of Jupiter analogs could have major impacts on the development of Earth-like plane.....»»
One spacecraft could visit all of Saturn"s inner large moons
If you've ever played Kerbal Space Program, you know how difficult it can be to get your spacecraft into the orbit you want. It's even more difficult in real life. This is why it's pretty impressive to see a proposal to study all of Saturn's large in.....»»
Extreme precipitation in the Northeast to increase 52% by the end of the century, study predicts
With a warmer climate creating more humid conditions in the Northeast, extreme precipitation events—defined as about 1.5 or more inches of heavy rainfall or melted snowfall in a day—are projected to increase in the Northeast by 52% by the end of.....»»
Webb telescope finds towering plume of water escaping from one of Saturn"s moons
Two Southwest Research Institute scientists were part of a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) team that observed a towering plume of water vapor more than 6,000 miles long—roughly the distance from the U.S. to Japan—spewing from the surface of Sat.....»»
Juice"s final deployments complete: Ready for study of Jupiter
Flight controllers at ESA's mission control center in Germany have been busy this week, working with instrument teams on the final deployments to prepare ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) for exploring Jupiter......»»
How NASA plans to melt the Moon—and build on Mars
3D-printed melted regolith may be the way to build on the Moon and Mars. Enlarge / Mars Dune Alpha is the first structure built for NASA by the Moon to Mars Planetary Autonomous Construction Technology team. (credit: ICON).....»»
Data from Juno suggest lightning on Jupiter pulses in ways similar to lightning on Earth
A team of space scientists affiliated with several institutions in Czechia, Japan and the U.S. has found evidence of lightning pulses on Jupiter that are similar to those found on Earth. In their study, reported in the journal Nature Communications,.....»»