Tagged: Jupiter

Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have detected the first Jupiter-like planet without clouds or haze in its observable atmosphere. The findings were published this month in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. Named WASP-62b, the gas giant was first detected in 2012...

After traveling several billion miles toward the Sun, a wayward young comet-like object orbiting among the giant planets has found a temporary parking place along the way. The object has settled near a family of captured ancient asteroids, called Trojans, that are orbiting the Sun...

The stormy, centuries-old maelstrom of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot was shaken but not destroyed by a series of anticyclones that crashed into it over the past few years. The smaller storms cause chunks of red clouds to flake off, shrinking the larger storm in the...

New results from the Ultraviolet Spectrograph instrument on NASA’s Juno mission reveal for the first time the birth of auroral dawn storms—the early morning brightening unique to Jupiter’s spectacular aurorae. These immense, transient displays of light occur at both Jovian poles and had previously been...

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, a team of astronomers has directly measured winds in Jupiter’s middle atmosphere for the first time. By analyzing the aftermath of a comet collision from the 1990s, the...

A remarkable picture shows the two largest planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, in the night sky over the legendary Mitchell’s Fold stone circle. The circle, which is located in southwest Shropshire, was comprised of a great number of stones, many of which are now fallen...

The most famous storm in the solar system is an apex predator. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot feasted on numerous smaller storms that wandered into its neighborhood recently, possibly even gaining sustenance from these meals, a new study suggests. Astronomers have been observing the Great Red...

A new composite image of Jupiter’s atmosphere shows a hot spot glowing brightly in infrared wavelengths. Astronomers and amateur image processors combined data from the NASA Juno spacecraft at Jupiter and the Gemini North Telescope at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, to create the epic image. Although...

Photographer Nick Edgington captured the shots which even Jupiter reflecting on the sea near Oban. An expert photographer from Oban has captured some stunning night time photos showing why Scotland is such an incredible setting for stargazing. Oban resident Nick Edgington was near the Sound...

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 appears to show the unidentifiable ‘space craft’ hurtling through our solar system. The amateur astronomer, who captured...