WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet, may have been smacked head-on by an embryonic planet 10 times Earth’s mass not long after being formed, a monumental crash with apparent lasting effects on the Jovian core, scientists said on T... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Astronomers on Tuesday announced the discovery of 10 more moons of Jupiter, bringing to 79 the number known to be circling the giant gas planet, including one “wrong-way driver” that appears destined to crash into other moons sharing its... More »
An illustration depicting the U.S. space agency’s Juno spacecraft in orbit above Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The interior of Jupiter is just as intriguing as the planet’s dazzling surface, with a swirli... More »
NASA’s Juno spacecraft in orbit above Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is seen in this undated handout illustration obtained by Reuters July 11, 2017. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter began transmitting data and images on ... More »
NASA’s enhanced-color image of a mysterious dark spot on Jupiter shows a Jovian ”galaxy” of swirling storms in this image captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on February 2, 2017, at 5:13 a.m. PDT (8:13 a.m. EDT), at an altitude of 9,000 miles (14,500 kilometers... More »
An artist’s rendering depicts NASA’s Juno spacecraft above Jupiter’s north pole in this undated handout image. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via Reuters/File photo NASA’s Juno spacecraft lost its main computer and science instruments shortly before it was due to ma... More »
A composite image shows suspected plumes of water vapor erupting at the seven o’clock position off the limb of Jupiter’s moon Europa in a NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture taken January 26, 2014 and released September 26, 2016. NASA/ESA/W. Sparks (STScI)/USG... More »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Scientists have long wondered why Jupiter’s upper atmosphere has temperatures similar to those of Earth, even though the biggest planet in the solar system is five times farther away from the sun. The answer may be The Great Red Spot, an e... More »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA’s Juno spacecraft capped a five-year journey to Jupiter late Monday with a do-or-die engine burn to sling itself into orbit, setting the stage for a 20-month dance around the biggest planet in the solar system to learn how and where i... More »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA’S Juno spacecraft capped a five-year journey to Jupiter on Monday with a do-or-die engine burn that looped it into orbit to probe the origins of the biggest planet in the solar system and how it impacted the rise of life on Earth, the... More »
