First 3D View of Jupiter's Atmosphere Shows the Great Red Spot is Deeper Than Expected, NASA's Juno Reveals

SPACE 10.29.2021 05:50 AM

NASA's Juno probe has finally got close enough to Jupiter's Giant Red Spot to measure its depth, which measures between 186 to 310 miles (300 to 500 kilometers) deep.

NASA Juno Spacecraft Compares Jupiter's Great Red Spot To A Floating Pancake Above the Clouds

10.28.2021 22:09 PM

The Great Red Spot in Jupiter, which is massive and slowly spreading across Jupiter, stretches hundreds of miles into the planet's atmosphere, NASA's Juno spacecraft says.

NASA Juno Spacecraft Team To Reveal Jupiter’s 3D Atmosphere; What Did The Probe See?

10.27.2021 22:48 PM

NASA will host a virtual media conference on Thursday at 3 p.m. EDT to explain the latest Juno mission data.

Space Rock Hits Jupiter Yet Again; Here's What Japanese Skywatchers Saw

10.22.2021 05:14 AM

Skywatchers in Japan saw a flare in Jupiter's northern hemisphere atmosphere, which was most likely produced by an asteroid colliding with the planet.

Jupiter-Like Planet Survives Death of Its Star; How Did It Happen?

10.17.2021 22:30 PM

As its star expanded during its dying throes, the Jupiter-sized world narrowly averted death, much as the sun in our solar system is predicted to do in approximately five billion years.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Found Water Vapor in Jupiter’s Europa, Scientists Baffled

10.15.2021 06:46 AM

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected a previously unseen water vapor on Jupiter's ice moon Europa.

Jupiter, Saturn To Join Waxing Moon Tonight; Will Bright Star Antares Show Up?

10.14.2021 22:18 PM

Every month this year, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon have congregated in the night sky, and October will be no exception. Antares will also catch up!

NASA Lucy Spacecraft to Depart This Week: How to Watch Launch

10.11.2021 01:50 AM

NASA's Lucy Spacecraft will depart this week from Florida to examine Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids.

UAE Eyeing Venus in Its Next Interplanetary Mission Before Studying the Asteroid Belt Between Mars and Jupiter

10.06.2021 02:01 AM

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) just announced its next interplanetary mission that will send a spacecraft to orbit Venus. This announcement comes eight months after its achievement of sending the Hope probe to Mars.

NASA's Lucy Mission Going to Space Soon to Probe Jupiter’s Weird Trojan Asteroids

09.28.2021 23:32 PM

Lucy, NASA's maiden spacecraft, is being packed into a capsule for takeoff on October 16th. NASA plans to launch the Lucy mission soon to investigate Jupiter's Trojan asteroids to learn more about the solar system's origin 4.

Hubble Space Telescope Detects Winds in Jupiter's Great Red Spot Speeding Up to 400 Miles Per Hour, Does This Makes Sense?

09.27.2021 21:37 PM

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows that the winds in Jupiter's Great Red Spot are accelerating at a speed of 400mph (644kph), like the speed of an advancing race car.

Jupiter May Have Solved Mystery of Uranus, Neptune Atmosphere; Absence of Ammonia Explained

09.22.2021 03:03 AM

For a long time, scientists have been perplexed by a riddle involving Neptune and Uranus, but Jupiter may have finally solved it.

Brazilian Amateur Astronomer Sees Unknown Object Exploding in Jupiter; Can You Guess What That Object Is?

09.17.2021 03:09 AM

An unexpected sighting in Jupiter was discovered by an amateur astronomer who was just capturing photos and clips for a specific show.

Go Skywatching This Week As the Moon Creeps Up to Saturn, Jupiter When They Take the Spotlight

09.16.2021 23:57 PM

In two consecutive nights this week, the Moon will visit the two largest planets in the Solar System, Jupiter, and Saturn, as they take on the spotlight in the night sky.

Brown Dwarf Studies Now Easier Through Observations From New Five Objects of Interest

08.27.2021 23:00 PM

Experts have found the chance to extensively observe the mysterious brown dwarfs through the five newly discovered astronomical materials. Scientists believe they are key to better understand the mystery behind brown dwarfs.

Not Rocky but Fuzzy Core: Cassini Imaging, Recent Research Claim Saturn as a Giant Soupy Planet

08.17.2021 04:09 AM

Saturn's core is more fluid than solid and makes up more of the planet's core than previously assumed, experts say.

Jupiter in Relatively Large, Bright Sight When It Positions Opposite the Sun; Watch As It Happens on August 20

08.16.2021 03:20 AM

Next week, planet Jupiter is set to a position opposite the sun. It then makes this giant planet visible when the sun sets and vanishes, and again, when it rises.

ESA's Juice Spacecraft Arrives in Toulouse Before Departing to Jupiter With Scientific Instruments

08.13.2021 04:35 AM

The European Space Agency will conduct the Juice probe's final testing and assembly in Toulouse before sending it to Jupiter for a nine-year mission.

Jupiter Experiencing Energy Crisis for Decades, Global Heat Maps Created to Study the Problem

08.13.2021 00:55 AM

Researchers have been figuring out decades of the energy crisis that’s taking place in Jupiter. They found that aurora is causing the problem.

NASA's Juno Celebrates 10th Year in Space! How Jupiter's Probe Studied the Planet, Took Photos of Moon Ganymede

08.06.2021 01:27 AM

Jupiter is being explored by NASA's Juno mission for 10 years now, which aims to uncover mysteries about the big planet and our solar system.

Big Jupiter Energy Solved: Why These 'Surfing' Ions in The Atmosphere Make Spectacular Light Show

08.05.2021 00:10 AM

After baffling researchers for decades, new readings from NASA and the ESA have revealed the cause of Jupiter’s chaotic auroras in the atmosphere.