Jupiter
Hubble Delves into Two Recent Jupiter Mysteries
[/caption] Jupiter has a few mysteries these days. Between an equatorial belt that has gone missing and an impact that…
New Impact on Jupiter
[/caption] In an incredible coincidence where a paper was released today about the 2009 impact event on Jupiter, the same…
New Hubble Images Zoom In on Asteroid Impact on Jupiter
[/caption] When amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley from Australia saw a dark spot the size of the Pacific Ocean appear on…
Jupiter, It Is A-Changing
[/caption] Jupiter's appearance has changed dramatically since the end of 2009, when it moved too close to the Sun from…
New Images Unlock Secrets of Jupiter’s Red Spot
It's difficult enough to track the weather on Earth, but with new thermal images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, scientists…
One of Jupiter’s Moons is Melted!
[/caption] Jupiter's two moons Ganymede and Callisto could be considered fraternal twins. They have a similar composition and size, but…
Jupiter – Our Silent Guardian?
[/caption] We live in a cosmic shooting gallery. In Phil Plait's Death From the Skies, he lays out the dangers…
Jupiter’s Dueling Red Spots
Even though most of us have been suffering from poor seeing conditions due to both hemisphere's seasonal climate changes, the…
Craters on Vesta and Ceres Could Show Jupiter’s Age
[/caption] Scientists use crater distributions to tell the ages of planetary surfaces on rocky bodies. But how can the ages…
Chasing An Occultation
[/caption] You've all heard me talk about watching the Moon occult a bright star. That's when we get a great…