Jupiter
What is the Average Surface Temperature of the Planets in our Solar System?
It's is no secret that Earth is the only inhabited planet in our Solar System. All the planets besides Earth…
NASA’s “Remastered” View of Europa is the Best Yet
Europa, Jupiter's sixth-closest moon, has long been a source of fascination and wonder for astronomers. Not only is it unique…
Weekly Space Hangout – Nov. 14, 2014: Holy Rosetta! We Landed on a Comet!
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) (more…)
Weekly Space Hangout – Nov. 7, 2014: Ship Updates & Solar System Formation
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein) Nicole Gugliucci (cosmoquest.org / @noisyastronomer) (more…)
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 31, 2014: Bad Week in Space
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Ken Kremer (kenkremer.com /…
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…
You Could Fit All the Planets Between the Earth and the Moon
I ran into this intriguing infographic over on Reddit that claimed that you could fit all the planets of the…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 17, 2014: Comet Siding Spring & Dark Matter
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) (more…)
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…
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…