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Tag: Jupiter
Hubble Finds a Planet Forming in an Unconventional Way
This discovery supports a long-debated theory for how planets like Jupiter form, called “disk instability.”
NASA’s Juno: Science Results Offer First 3D View of Jupiter Atmosphere
From NASA Oct 28, 2021 New findings from NASA’s Juno probe orbiting Jupiter provide a fuller picture of how the planet’s distinctive and colorful atmospheric features offer clues about the…
Hubble Finds First Evidence of Water Vapor at Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede
For the first time, astronomers have uncovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. This water vapor forms when ice from the moon’s surface sublimates — that…
NASA’s Juno Reveals Dark Origins of One of Jupiter’s Grand Light Shows
Researchers found dawn storms are born on the nightside of the gas giant. As the planet rotates, the soon-to-be dawn storm rotates with it into the dayside, where these complex…
Comet Makes a Pit Stop Near Jupiter’s Asteroids
Hawaii’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescopes located on the extinct volcanoes, one on Mauna Kea and one on Haleakala. Japanese amateur astronomer Seiichi Yoshida tipped off the Hubble…
Moon Shadow Over Jupiter
Jupiter’s volcanically active moon Io casts its shadow on the planet in this dramatic image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. As with solar eclipses on the Earth, within the dark circle…
Telescopes and Spacecraft Join Forces to Probe Deep into Jupiter’s Atmosphere
From NASA May 7, 2020 NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the ground-based Gemini Observatory in Hawaii have teamed up with the Juno spacecraft to probe the mightiest storms in the…
Massive Beauty
From NASA NASA’s Juno mission captured this look at the southern hemisphere of Jupiter on Feb. 17, 2020, during the spacecraft’s most recent close approach to the giant planet. Not…
Findings From NASA’s Juno Update Jupiter Water Mystery
From NASA. NASA’s Juno mission has provided its first science results on the amount of water in Jupiter’s atmosphere. Published recently in the journal Nature Astronomy, the Juno results estimate…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Has a Close Encounter with Jupiter
Jan. 14, 2020 NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Has a Close Encounter with Jupiter A multitude of swirling clouds in Jupiter’s dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from…
NASA’s Juno Navigators Enable Jupiter Cyclone Discovery
great images~cr From NASA Dec. 12, 2019 NASA’s Juno Navigators Enable Jupiter Cyclone Discovery A new, smaller cyclone can be seen at the lower right of this infrared image of…
Glancing Back
From NASA Dec. 2, 2019 Just after its close flyby of Jupiter on Nov. 3, 2019, NASA’s Juno spacecraft caught this striking view of Jupiter’s southern hemisphere as the spacecraft…
Tumultuous Clouds of Jupiter
From NASA June 27, 2019 Tumultuous Clouds of Jupiter This stunning image of Jupiter’s stormy northern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it performed a close pass of…
The Jupiter Effect: The Hubris of Green Central Planners
Leaders who believe they can command the forces of nature and the global economy with edicts and decrees are bound to face the harsh realities of the world