Jupiter News
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NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter has delivered first science results and the findings suggest the biggest planet in our solar system is more complex than previously thought.
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On Thursday, NASA announced its Juno spacecraft circling the giant gas planet, Jupiter, would remain in its 53-day orbit pattern, instead of dropping to a planned 14-day pattern, for the remainder of its mission. NASA blames sticky valves.
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From Space X successfully landing a rocket on a floating platform to NASA's Juno probe reaching Jupiter after a journey of 1.8 billion miles, 2016 has been a year of many accomplishments in the space industry. Let's look at a few of the stories.
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NASA announced the Hubble Space Telescope has imaged what appears to be plumes of water coming from Jupiter's moon Europa. This could signal the possibility of life underneath the moon's frozen surface.
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NASA has just flown a spacecraft closer to the windswept, gaseous planet of Jupiter than one has ever gone before. The Juno spacecraft is already sending back images from its successful flyby.
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NASA's Juno spacecraft on Tuesday began circling Jupiter on a 20-month mission to learn more about the origin of the solar system's most massive planet.The arrival was a triumph for the $1.
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By AFP
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NASA celebrated a key triumph on Tuesday as its $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Jupiter on a mission to probe the origin of the solar system.
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After traveling nearly 1.8 billion miles (2.8 billion kilometers), NASA's Juno probe is only five days away from an historic encounter with Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, and the planet the greatest distance away from our sun.
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A new study released by NASA on Tuesday shows that oceans on Europa, one of Jupiter’s 67 known moons, might have a lot in common with our own oceans, including a chemical balance capable of harboring life.
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Astronomers have long wondered why there are no planets closer to the Sun than Mercury. To have planets closer is common with many stars. The answer might be due to Jupiter having once been located closer to our star, suggests a new theory.
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The former NASA employee has lent his expertise to Nanaya, an app that can determine whether or not a person will find true love based on science and probability. Digital Journal found out more.
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It seems that the chances of finding life in our solar system are improving almost daily with this week's discovery of a gigantic salt water ocean inside Jupiter's moon, Ganymede.
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Think Mars is the ultimate life-harboring planet in our solar system? Think again. Recent findings from NASA indicate there may be life on not one, but two of Jupiter’s moons.
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NASA hopes to launch a mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, the solar system's most likely heavenly body to hold alien life, by 2025.
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US scientists have calculated that diamonds big enough for celebrities to wear could be raining down on Jupiter and Saturn.
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Humankind may have taken small steps to explore the heavens but our knowledge remains limited. As for planets, discoveries are being made all the time. Wednesday astronomers discovered a new planet. One with no Sun.
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An amateur astronomer was looking at Jupiter from his backyard when he spotted a bright white flash on the surface of the planet.
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A video was created from images of the Saturn and Jupiter systems taken by NASA's Voyager and Cassini spacecrafts. Sander van den Berg used the images to create a two minute montage of spectacular images.
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Sky-watchers are in for a celestial treat on Monday with four planets poised to appear in conjunction after sunset. The planet Jupiter will be visible with the moon in the western sky after sunset.
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Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is losing its "heart" or inner core. Scientists have suggested a theory that the gas giant has been dealing with the dissipation of its core ever since its formation 4.5 billion years ago.
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After conducting a series of computer simulations and studies, scientists are asking the question: did our solar system harbour a fifth giant planet during its infancy? Study authors say it is a “conceivable” idea.
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Amateur observers studying NASA images from STEREO see Comet Elenin split into two parts (featured video). Leonid Elenin is said to have confirmed Comet's disintegration.
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On Friday afternoon, NASA launched the solar-powered Juno spacecraft for its five-year mission to Jupiter. The $1.1 billion journey will research our solar system's largest planet, which will study its origin and evolution.
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Researchers are stating that there could be another planet within our solar system. The planet is four times the size of planet Jupiter and is named after the Greek goddess Tyche. But some are saying that it's not there.
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The frigid ice of Jupiter's moon Europa may be hiding more than a presumed ocean: it is likely the scene of some unexpectedly fast chemistry between water and sulphur dioxide at extremely cold temperatures.
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If you currently look up at night, it is virtually impossible to miss noticing the planet Jupiter - the giant planet is spectacularly bright.
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A new study has confirmed that two amateur astronomers recorded a pair of small meteors impacting with Jupiter. Professional astronomer Dr Ricardo Heuso says this highlights the growing value of amateurs in the field of astronomy.
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This is the first time mankind has seen the sun reflecting from a body of liquid outside of planet earth. NASA has released a spectacular photo of the sun reflecting from a massive liquid lake on Jupiter's moon known as Titan.
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A rare event in the night's sky will not be seen again until 2052 for North Americans as Venus and Jupiter join in alignment with a thumbnail moon. For Europeans, the event will be an awe inspiring eclipse of Venus, with its reemergence sparkling!
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Radio waves accelerate electrons within Jupiter’s magnetic field in the same way as they do on Earth; discovery overturns a theory that has held sway for more than a generation.
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Juno spacecraft and its science instruments NASA
Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest in the solar system, has layered ocean subsurface which may indicate it harbors life. NASA
Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope observed aurorae on Ganymede generated by the moon's magnetic fields NASA
The Galileo plaque aboard Juno, provided by the Italian Space Agency. NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC
While the Northern lights on Earth may seem larger than life, the auroras on Jupiter are larger than the Earth. NASA's Hubble took this picture just a few days ago. NASA
In a clean-room environment at Astrotech's payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. technicians conduct an illumination test on the solar array panels for NASA's Juno spacecraft. NASA/Jack Pfaller
Venus and Jupiter have been dancing toward each other in the night sky for months, and they'll finally come together this week in a dazzling show for skywatchers. musubk
Three LEGO figurines representing the Roman god Jupiter, his wife Juno and Galileo Galilei are shown here aboard the Juno spacecraft. NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC
Launch of Juno on an Atlas V from Cape Canaveral on May 8, 2011. NASA
March 26 'conjunction' of Moon-Venus-Jupiter NASA/JPL-Cal-tech (courtesy of Space.com)
Ultraviolet light John T. Clarke
The craft will carry three Lego figures that represent the God Jupiter, his wife Juno and Galileo. NASA
In this artist’s concept, the moon Ganymede orbits the giant planet Jupiter. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed aurorae on the moon controlled by Ganymede’s magnetic fields. This field is embedded in Jupiter’s own immense magnetosphere (yellow field lines). A saline ocean under the moon’s icy crust reduces shifting in the auroral belts as measured by Hubble NASA
Europa, a moon of Jupiter, appears as a thick crescent in this enhanced-color image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft, which orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003. Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Europa, Jupiter's ice covered satellite, as seen by the Galileo spacecraft. Europa is about 3,160 kilometers (1,950 miles) in diameter, or about the size of Earth's moon. The image was taken on September 7, 1996, at a range of 677,000 kilometers. Wikimedia Commons
Juno's 20-month Jupiter mission aims to answer questions about the massive planet , AFP
This color picture is assembled from a series of images taken when Jupiter was at a distance of 519 million miles (961 million kilometers) from Earth. These images are part of a set of data obtained by a Hubble
Space Telescope (HST) team headed by Reta Beebe of New Mexico State University in 1995. Credit: Reta Beebe, Amy Simon (New Mexico State Univ.), and NASA
Text A: Translation of the cuneiform tablets revealed they described a mathematical technique to calculate the positions of large bodies in space and time. Mathieu Ossendrijver
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