Unlocking Cosmic Mysteries: The Hunt for Water on Other Worlds
The initial step in the search for extraterrestrial life involves identifying the presence of liquid water. The moons of Saturn and Jupiter like Enceladus, Ganymede,…
The initial step in the search for extraterrestrial life involves identifying the presence of liquid water. The moons of Saturn and Jupiter like Enceladus, Ganymede,…
Imagery from the solar-powered spacecraft provides close-ups of intriguing features on the hellish Jovian moon. Scientists on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter have transformed…
ESA tested the Juice spacecraft’s navigation software on an engineering model to prepare for a 2031 flyby of Callisto, ensuring it can autonomously navigate despite…
Cyclones, Wind Shear, Violent Storms Churn in Jupiter’s Atmosphere The largest and nearest of the giant outer planets, Jupiter’s colorful clouds present an ever-changing kaleidoscope…
For the first time, a tool designed to discover planets many light years distant has been employed on an object in the Solar System, in…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has conducted the closest flybys of Jupiter’s moon Io in over two decades, capturing detailed images with its JunoCam instrument. NASA’s Juno…
The orbiter has performed 56 flybys of Jupiter and documented close encounters with three of the gas giant’s four largest moons. NASA’s Juno spacecraft will…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a high-speed jet stream in Jupiter’s atmosphere, moving at 320 miles per hour and situated 15 to 30…
The finding offers deeper insights into the long-debated internal structure of the gas giant. Gravity data collected by NASA’s Juno mission indicates Jupiter’s atmospheric winds…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope provides a new ultraviolet image of Jupiter during its opposition, revealing details like the Great Red Spot in false-color to highlight…
The James Webb Space Telescope discovered a previously unseen jet stream in Jupiter’s atmosphere. Similar phenomena were observed on Saturn, and both may be linked…
During its 54th flyby, NASA’s Juno captured an image of Jupiter’s Jet N7 region, revealing turbulent clouds and the planet’s terminator. Processed by Vladimir Tarasov,…
Narrow jet stream near Jupiter’s equator has winds traveling 320 miles per hour. Jupiter has some of the most conspicuous atmospheric features in our solar…
A newly discovered binary celestial system could advance our understanding of planet and star evolution under extreme conditions. The search for exoplanets – planets that…
Juice: Why’s It Taking Sooo Long At their closest point in orbit, Earth and Jupiter are separated by almost 600 million kilometers (375 million miles)….
Remote-sensing data will complement Juno spacecraft’s in situ observations. The Space Telescope Science Institute recently awarded Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) a large project to use…
Groundbreaking observations by the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed hydrogen peroxide on Ganymede and ongoing volcanic eruptions on Io, enhancing our understanding of Jupiter’s…
The spinning, solar-powered spacecraft will take another look at the fiery Jovian moon on July 30. When NASA’s Juno mission flies by Jupiter’s fiery moon…