Jupiter
Juno Just Saw a Spacerock Crash Into Jupiter
Timing is extraordinarily important in many aspects of astronomy. If an astronomer or their instrument is looking the wrong way…
Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids Offer Surprises Even Before NASA’s Lucy Mission has a Chance to Visit Them.
A new study out this month suggests that Jupiter's Trojan asteroids may be more peculiar than previously thought. The Trojan…
Galileo’s Probe Discovered a Mystery at Jupiter, Juno Finally Helped Solve it
In 1995, NASA's Galileo mission dropped a probe into the atmosphere of Jupiter and found it to be far drier…
The Newest Picture of Jupiter and Europa Captured by Hubble
The venerable Hubble Space Telescope has given us another gorgeous picture of Jupiter and its moon Europa. The incredibly sharp…
See a 360 Degree Juno-Eye View of Jupiter During an Io Eclipse
Yesterday, we posted some incredible photos from the Juno Probe’s 29th flyby of Jupiter. Juno is in a highly elliptical…
Here’s Jupiter from Juno’s Latest Flyby
Jupiter. Most massive planet in the solar system – twice that of all the other planets combined. This giant world…
Jupiter Probably Has 600 Small, Irregular Moons
The better our technologies get, the better we get at finding objects in space. That's certainly true of Jupiter and…
Europa’s entire icy shell shifted 70-degrees a few million years ago
The mysterious world Europa, the ice-covered second moon of Jupiter, sports deep scars that cut across its face. An international…
A Huge Ring-Like Structure on Ganymede Might be the Result of an Enormous Impact
Ganymede's surface is a bit of a puzzle for planetary scientists. About two-thirds of its surface is covered in lighter…
Jupiter is so Big that our Solar System almost had two Suns
About half of all the star systems in the galaxy are made of pairs or triplets of stars. Our solar…