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NASA just released the first inside-look of Jupiter’s rings
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since July, 2016. But only just recently have scientists had a chance to analyze all of its data — and the results are painting a different picture of Jupiter than what anyone expected. Juno is also returning images unlike any we’ve ever seen, including of Jupiter’s ring system. Jupiter’s […]
Massive Lava Waves Detected on Jupiter’s Moon Io
Jupiter’s moon Io. And yes, that’s a volcano erupting up top. (Image: NASA) Io is the closest thing we have to hell in our Solar System, a Jovian moon that features hundreds of active volcanoes and expansive lakes filled with lava. New observations suggests that the largest of these lakes, Loki Patera, produces enormous waves […]
Saturn and Jupiter’s moon burps bode well for distant life
Scientists recently took a closer look at data over a decade old and concluded that two moons orbiting Saturn and Jupiter might have environments that foster life. During an October 2015 flyby of the ringed planet’s moon Enceladus, the probe Cassini was hit by gaseous plume, which was likely a hydrothermal vent breaking through the […]
NASA probe Juno captures Jupiter’s poles in glorious detail
In August 2011 NASA sent a probe the size of a basketball court into space on a mission to observe Jupiter. Now, five years later, the $ 1 billion dollar probe has something to show for it’s 415 million mile journey. Named Juno, the probe has managed to photograph Jupiter’s poles for the first time, […]
One of Jupiter’s asteroid ‘moons’ is orbiting backwards
As a rule, you can safely assume that moons and asteroids will all orbit a planet in the same direction. If they didn’t, interactions with their host would likely send them flying off course. However, it’s now clear that there are exceptions to this rule: researchers have discovered that an asteroid is circling Jupiter in […]
Alien life the target of NASA mission to Jupiter’s frozen moon
NASA’s hunt for extraterrestrial life within our solar system is set to continue with plans to send a robotic landing craft to drill into Jupiter’s icy moon Europa in search of life. The frozen satellite orbits the gas giant, which is located roughly 390 million miles (628.3 million km) from Earth, and is thought to […]
