Jupiter
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Gets Its Color From Sunlight, Study Suggests
If it weren't for the Sun, Jupiter's Great Red Spot would be a much blander feature on the gas giant,…
Observing Challenge: Catch a Series of Mutual Eclipses by Jupiter’s Moons
Missing the planets this month? With Mars receding slowly to the west behind the Sun at dusk, the early evening…
Just In Time for Halloween: Jupiter Gets a Giant Cyclops Eye!
Halloween is just around the corner. And in what appears to be an act of cosmic convergence, Hubble captured a…
‘Death Star’ Ocean? Seven Moons That Could Host Huge Hidden Liquid Reservoirs
Could there be an ocean hidden somewhere in that Death Star-like picture? This is an image of Mimas, a moon…
Tiny Satellites Could Hitchhike To Europa With Bigger NASA Mission Concept
When you've got a $2 billion mission concept to head to Europa, it's likely a good idea to pack as…
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Gallery: 5 Exotic Places NASA’s Next-Generation Rocket Could Help Explore
TORONTO, CANADA - Could NASA's new rocket bring a probe to sample the geysers of Saturn's moon Enceladus, or ferry…
Beautiful Astrophoto: Jupiter at Dawn
Prolific astrophotographer Joseph Brimacombe from Australia shot this beauty from his Savannah Skies Observatory near Cairns. He notes on Flickr…
Could Plate Tectonics Create Cracks And Odd Terrain In Cold Europa’s Crust?
Mysteries abound on icy Europa, that cold moon of Jupiter. Even years after the Galileo spacecraft finished its mission in…
Astrophotos: Spectacular Venus-Jupiter Conjunction Graces the Dawn
The closest planetary conjunction of the year graced the skies this morning, and astrophotographers were out in force to marvel…
Stunning Amateur Timelapse of Jupiter ‘Re-enacts’ Voyager Flyby
Back in the 1970's when NASA launched the two Voyager spacecraft to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, I remember being…