Tags: Jupiter

So you think Earth’s northern lights are big and majestic? In July 2021, Randy Gladstone of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, said in a NASA statement: That’s...

Giant storms whirl in the turbulent atmosphere on the southern hemisphere of Jupiter in this image captured by the visible-light JunoCam camera on board of NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The enhanced...

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) future Jupiter exploring spacecraft JUICE, which will search for signs of life on the ice-covered moons in the Jovian system, is getting its first taste...

A BIZARRE video of what seems to be a mysterious UFO racing towards Jupiter has emerged online and excited the space enthusiast community. YouTube channel SecureTeam10 uploaded the footage which...

Jupiter at opposition In 2021, mighty Jupiter will be in opposition to the sun on the night of August 19-20. That’s when Earth will fly between the sun and Jupiter,...

Mysterious flares of X-rays from Jupiter’s auroras suggest that the giant planet’s «northern lights» may possess unexpected similarities with those of Earth, a new study finds. Auroras, the shimmering displays...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft is «listening» in on radio emissions from Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, allowing researchers to discover what triggers the strange radio waves. Of all the planets in our...

An amater astronomer has discovered a previously unknown moon around Jupiter after poring over old telescope images, a major first. «I’m proud to say that this is the first planetary...

A research team co-led by UCL has solved a decades-old mystery as to how Jupiter produces a spectacular burst of X-rays every few minutes. The X-rays are part of Jupiter’s...

On June 7, 2021, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew closer to Jupiter’s ice-encrusted moon Ganymede than any spacecraft in more than two decades. Less than a day later, Juno made its...