This is Jupiter as you’ve never seen it before
The groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope has produced an extraordinary image of Jupiter using its advanced infrared camera......»»
NASA telescope spots highest-energy light ever detected from Jupiter
The planet's auroras are known to produce low-energy X-ray light. A new study finally reveals higher-frequency X-rays and explains why they eluded another mission 30 years ago......»»
Juno and Hubble data reveal electromagnetic "tug-of-war" lights up Jupiter"s upper atmosphere
New Leicester space research has revealed, for the first time, a complex 'tug-of-war' lights up aurorae in Jupiter's upper atmosphere, using a combination of data from NASA's Juno probe and the Hubble Space Telescope......»»
NASA’s skywatching tips for February include a view of the Orion Nebula
February's skywatching treats include a chance to catch Jupiter before it disappears for a few months, and a view of a bright Venus and the Orion Nebula......»»
A lunar return, a Jupiter moon, the most powerful rocket ever built and the Webb Telescope
Space travel is all about momentum......»»
Citizen scientists help discover a Jupiter-like planet 379 light-years away
Citizen scientists have helped comb through data from a NASA telescope to identify a gas giant planet located 379 light-years away......»»
Astronomers Have Found Another Possible "Exomoon" beyond Our Solar System
Kepler-1708 b-i appears to be a giant moon orbiting a Jupiter-sized planet thousands of light-years from Earth -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Exploring oxygen ions in Jupiter"s innermost radiation belts
Planets like Earth, Jupiter and Saturn, with global magnetic fields of their own, are surrounded by so-called radiation belts: Trapped in the magnetic field, fast moving charged particles such as electrons, protons, and heavier ions whiz aroun, thus.....»»
New sub-Jupiter-mass exoplanet detected by astronomers
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of a new sub-Jupiter-mass alien world orbiting an M-dwarf star. The newly found exoplanet, designated OGLE-2014-BLG-0319Lb, turns out to be about half as massive as Jupiter. The discovery was.....»»
Earth’s Oceanography Helps Demystify Jupiter’s Flowing Cyclones
A team of scientists shows where some of the gas giant’s huge storms come from and how the process is similar to the buildup of extreme weather on our planet......»»
Ocean physics explain cyclones on Jupiter
Hurtling around Jupiter and its 79 moons is the Juno spacecraft, a NASA-funded satellite that sends images from the largest planet in our solar system back to researchers on Earth. These photographs have given oceanographers the raw materials for a n.....»»
Jupiter"s Moons Are About To Get JUICE"d For Signs of Life
The European Space Agency will soon send JUICE, or the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer on a mission to scout out Jupiter and three of its 79 moons: Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede. From a report: Scheduled to launch in April 2023, JUICE will blast off from.....»»
French Guiana awaits historic Webb telescope launch
Like kids dreaming of presents under the tree, the scientists at the Jupiter control room at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou are patiently waiting for December 25......»»
Earth and Mars were formed from inner solar system material
Earth and Mars were formed from material that largely originated in the inner solar system; only a few percent of the building blocks of these two planets originated beyond Jupiter's orbit. A group of researchers led by the University of Münster (Ge.....»»
2022 Will Be a Big Year for Space Exploration
Missions to Mars, Jupiter, and—yes—Texas are all part of the next wave of space research previously delayed by Covid-19......»»
NASA Releases New Photos of Jupiter - and a Recording of Its Moon that Sounds Like R2-D2
"As it seeks answers about the cosmos and what they mean for Earth's origins, NASA on Friday announced a slew of discoveries about Jupiter," reports the Washington Post "And scientists brought home an interstellar tune from the road." The Juno sp.....»»
Hear the sounds of Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede, as captured by the Juno spacecraft
The Juno spacecraft is famous for capturing images of Jupiter. But Juno scientists have released an audio track of its flyby of Jupiter's moon Ganymede......»»
Juno spacecraft "hears" Jupiter"s moon
Sounds from a Ganymede flyby, magnetic fields, and remarkable comparisons between Jupiter and Earth's oceans and atmospheres were discussed during a briefing today on NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in Ne.....»»
Four new giant exoplanets detected
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of four new giant alien worlds as part of the HATSouth photometric survey. The newfound exoplanets are the size of Jupiter and received designations HATS-74Ab, HATS-75b, HATS-76b and HATS-77b.....»»
Citizen scientists find young-Jupiter-like object missed by previous exoplanet searches
Citizen scientists have discovered a new object orbiting a Sun-like star that had been missed by previous searches. The object is very distant from its host star—more than 1,600 times farther than the Earth is from the Sun—and is thought to be a.....»»
Revealed: Jupiter’s Secret Power Source
For all its other problems, Earth is lucky. Warmed mostly by the sun, 150 million km away, shielded by a thin but protective atmosphere, the temperature at the surface averages 14 to 15 degrees Celsius—a good number to support liquid oceans and a.....»»