Researchers identify 121 giant planets that may have habitable moons
We've all heard about the search for life on other planets, but what about looking on other moons?
We've all heard about the search for life on other planets, but what about looking on other moons?
Astronomy
Jun 14, 2018
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Ever since NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft flew past Jupiter in March, 1979, scientists have wondered about the origin of Jupiter's lightning. That encounter confirmed the existence of Jovian lightning, which had been theorized ...
Space Exploration
Jun 7, 2018
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Scientists at Kourovka Astronomical Observatory of Ural Federal University have discovered a new exoplanet.
Astronomy
May 18, 2018
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Members of NASA's Juno mission team, some of the world's leading observers of Jupiter, and citizen scientists from across the globe will attend a workshop 'New Views of Jupiter: Pro-Am Collaborations during and beyond the ...
Space Exploration
May 10, 2018
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Now is a great time to see Jupiter in the night sky, as the planet reaches opposition on Wednesday, May 9.
Space Exploration
May 8, 2018
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When NASA's Juno spacecraft recently flew over the poles of Jupiter, researchers were astonished, as if they had never seen a giant planet before.
Space Exploration
May 3, 2018
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Far across the solar system, from where Earth appears merely as a pale blue dot, NASA's Galileo spacecraft spent eight years orbiting Jupiter. During that time, the hearty spacecraft—slightly larger than a full-grown giraffe—sent ...
Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2018
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This image of Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot and surrounding turbulent zones was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft.
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2018
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A team of researchers from France and the U.S. has created a computer simulation of the development of the solar system focusing on Jupiter and the origins of its moons. In their paper uploaded to the arXiv preprint server, ...
Scientists working on NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter shared a 3-D infrared movie depicting densely packed cyclones and anticyclones that permeate the planet's polar regions, and the first detailed view of a dynamo, or engine, ...
Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2018
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