Could we live on Jupiter?
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First Earth-like planet spotted outside solar system likely a volcanic wasteland
(PhysOrg.com) -- When scientists confirmed in October that they had detected the first rocky planet outside our solar system, it advanced the longtime quest to find an Earth-like planet hospitable to life. The rocky planet ...
Astronomy
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Scientists offer a new explanation for a mystery surrounding Jupiter's two massive asteroid swarms
An international team of scientists, including NYU Abu Dhabi researcher Nikolaos Georgakarakos and others from the U.S., Japan, and China, led by Jian Li from Nanjing University, has developed new insights that may explain ...
Planetary Sciences
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Large volcanic outburst discovered on Jupiter's moon Io
A large volcanic outburst was discovered on Jupiter's moon Io by Jeff Morgenthaler of the Planetary Science Institute using PSI's Io Input/Output observatory (IoIO).
Planetary Sciences
Jan 3, 2023
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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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The flames of Betelgeuse: New image reveals vast nebula around famous supergiant star
(PhysOrg.com) -- Betelgeuse, a red supergiant in the constellation of Orion, is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It is also one of the biggest, being almost the size of the orbit of Jupiter — about four and ...
Astronomy
Jun 23, 2011
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Asteroid sharing Earth's orbit discovered. Could it help future space missions?
Research has shown that the Earth trails an asteroid barely a kilometer across in its orbit about the Sun—only the second such body to have ever been spotted. It goes round the Sun on average two months ahead of the Earth, ...
Astronomy
Feb 4, 2022
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Image: Jupiter's cratered moon, Callisto
The speckled object depicted here is Callisto, Jupiter's second largest moon. This image was taken in May 2001 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, which studied Jupiter and its moons from 1995 until 2003.
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Jan 26, 2015
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Astrophysicists discover that ultrahot planets have starlike atmospheres
Recent observations by NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes of ultrahot Jupiter-like planets have perplexed theorists. The spectra of these planets have suggested they have exotic—and improbable—compositions.
Astronomy
Aug 9, 2018
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James Webb Space Telescope to target Jupiter's Great Red Spot
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the most ambitious and complex space observatory ever built, will use its unparalleled infrared capabilities to study Jupiter's Great Red Spot, shedding new light on the enigmatic storm ...
Space Exploration
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