NASA mission named 'Europa Clipper'
NASA's upcoming mission to investigate the habitability of Jupiter's icy moon Europa now has a formal name: Europa Clipper.
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Image: Juno captures Jupiter cloudscape in high resolution
This close-up view of Jupiter captures the turbulent region just west of the Great Red Spot in the South Equatorial Belt, with resolution better than any previous pictures from Earth or other spacecraft.
Space Exploration
Mar 3, 2017
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NASA's Jupiter-circling spacecraft stuck making long laps
NASA's Jupiter-circling spacecraft is stuck making long laps around the gas giant because of sticky valves.
Space Exploration
Feb 23, 2017
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Juno to remain in current orbit at Jupiter
NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, which has been in orbit around the gas giant since July 4, 2016, will remain in its current 53-day orbit for the remainder of the mission. This will allow Juno to accomplish its science goals, ...
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2017
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OSIRIS-REx takes closer image of Jupiter
During Earth-Trojan asteroid search operations, the PolyCam imager aboard NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter (center) and three of its moons, Callisto (left), Io, and Ganymede.
Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2017
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Astronomers discover a very hot Jupiter exoplanet orbiting a bright, hot star
(Phys.org)—Using the Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT) astronomers have detected a new gas giant alien world. The newly discovered exoplanet, designated KELT-18b, turns out to be a highly inflated "hot Jupiter" ...
NASA's Juno spacecraft to make its fourth flyby over Jupiter
NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its fourth flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 4:57 a.m. PST (7:57 a.m. EST, 12:57 UTC).
Space Exploration
Feb 2, 2017
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Water detected in the atmosphere of hot Jupiter exoplanet 51 Pegasi b
(Phys.org)—Astronomers have detected the presence of water molecules in the atmosphere of a nearby hot Jupiter exoplanet known as 51 Pegasi b (51 Peb b for short). The discovery sheds new light on the nature of the exoworld's ...
A proposal for Juno to observe the volcanoes of Io
Jupiter may be the largest planet in the solar system with a diameter 11 times that of Earth, but it pales in comparison to its own magnetosphere. The planet's magnetic domain extends sunward at least 3 million miles (5 million ...
Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2017
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Experiment resolves mystery about wind flows on Jupiter
One mystery has been whether the jets exist only in the planet's upper atmosphere—much like the Earth's own jet streams—or whether they plunge into Jupiter's gaseous interior. If the latter is true, it could reveal clues ...
General Physics
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