IN PICTURES | NASA’s ‘Europa Clipper’ probe blasts off toward Jupiter’s moon
A NASA probe named Europa Clipper took off from the United States on Monday towards a moon of Jupiter, to ...
Tag: Jupiters
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Shows Unexpected Size Changes
Astronomers have been observing Jupiter's legendary Great Red Spot (GRS), an anticyclone large enough to engulf Earth, for at least ...
NASA spacecraft to study Jupiter’s moon’s subsurface ocean to launch in October
NASA approved the planned launch next month to Jupiter's moon Europa on Monday after reviewing the spacecraft's ability to withstand ...
Study shows how amateur astronomers can help monitor Jupiter’s weather
Jupiter’s striking appearance comes from its stormy atmosphere. Swirling clouds surround the gas giant, and their distribution reflects the planet’s ...
TESS discovers nine new “hot Jupiters”
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered nine new "hot Jupiter" exoplanets. One ...
NASA’s Juno will closely observe Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io on December 30
On Saturday, December 30, NASA's Juno spacecraft will conduct the closest flyby of Jupiter's moon Io that any spacecraft has ...
Researchers use exoplanet hunter VLT to study Jupiter’s winds
For the first time, an instrument capable of finding planets light years away has been used on an object in ...
14-inch spacecraft provides new details on ‘hot Jupiters’
A spacecraft the size of a cereal box has collected precise measurements of the atmospheres of large, puffy planets called ...
