NASA Detects Most Powerful Eruption Ever on Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io
Jupiter’s moon Io is covered in hundreds of volcanoes, which spew fountains of lava that constantly refill impact…
The Night Sky This Week
Topline This week features a sky where winter’s brightest stars strain to be seen as the moon grows…
New Model Suggests How Nutrients Could Penetrate Europa’s Ice Shell to Feed Its Hidden Ocean
A duo of geophysicists from Washington State University and Virginia Tech has uncovered a plausible pathway for nutrient…
Look up this week for Jupiter :: WRAL.com
Jupiter reaches opposition, the point in its orbit where the planet is opposite the sun in our sky.…
Celestial citrus! Scientists are baffled by a LEMON-shaped planet that ‘defies explanation’
Scientists have been baffled by a bizarre lemon–shaped planet that ‘defies explanation’. The Jupiter–size planet was discovered by…
Europa’s Spider-Like Feature is Analogous to Earth’s Lake Stars, Planetary Researchers Say
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is an ocean world that is a prime candidate in the search for potential…
See Jupiter, The Moon, Aurora And ‘Shooting Stars’ On Sunday
The moon and Jupiter will form a striking conjunction on Sunday, December 7, lighting up the eastern sky…
Voyager 1 will be one light-day, 16 billion miles, from us next year
It takes a beam of light a single day to travel 16.1 billion miles, a distance known as…
Europa Clipper captures an impressive image of Uranus at more than 3.2 billion kilometers
Artist’s illustration showing Uranus with its rings. (Image source: 95C – Pixabay) The Europa Clipper probe recently captured…
4.6 billion years ago, Jupiter saved Earth during its formation
When the solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago, a gigantic cloud of dust and gas collapsed…
James Webb Mapped the Chaotic Weather of a Planet Drifting Alone Through Space and It’s Even Wilder Than Jupiter
Artist’s impression of SIMP 0136. Credit: Anastasiia Nahurna. Drifting alone through space, about 20 light-years away, is a…
Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io is burning much hotter than expected
Jupiter’s volcanic moon has always felt like a place that tests your sense of what a world can…