Aug. 12 to feature a 6-planet parade, solar eclipse, meteor shower and new moon
The most recent fireball that lit up the night sky across several states in the U.S. was captured…
Chinese rocket scientists find ‘most effective’ way to nuke a doomsday asteroid
Chinese researchers believe they may have found the most effective way to destroy or deflect a large, Earth-threatening…
Juno measures fiery Io’s subsurface temperature for 1st time
NASA’s Galileo spacecraft obtained this image of Jupiter’s moon Io on June 28, 1997. Here, an active volcano…
NASA Detects Intense Heat Beneath Io, Jupiter’s Most Volcanic Moon
A NASA probe peered beneath the surface of the most volcanic world in the solar system, revealing scorching…
NASA’s Juno Takes Temperature of Jupiter’s Fiery Moon Io
NASA’s Juno mission has provided the first measurements of the temperature below the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io,…
Don’t Miss Tonight’s Classic Summer Sight — Venus And A Crescent Moon
Topline Skywatchers are advised to look to the west shortly after sunset on Friday, July 17, and at…
‘Super-Jupiter’ exoplanet discovered by NASA TESS telescope
The most recent fireball that lit up the night sky across several states in the U.S. was captured…
Jupiter’s Surprising Oxygen Levels: A Game Changer for Planet Science
Jupiter’s oxygen levels are rewriting our cosmic narrative! Recent research reveals that this giant planet holds 1.5 times…
Artist Attaches Game Boy Camera to Space Telescope and Takes Photo of Jupiter
A Game Boy enthusiast recently took his classic 1998 console to Mount Wilson Observatory in Los Angeles and…
NASA spent 14 years keeping the Galileo spacecraft alive through a jammed antenna and brutal radiation, then in 2003 deliberately flew it into Jupiter to be destroyed — not because it had failed, but because it had found a probable ocean on Europa it could no longer be allowed to contaminate.
In September 2003, after fourteen years in space, NASA aimed the Galileo spacecraft straight into Jupiter and let…
Jupiter Accelerates Electrons to Near-Light Speed, Offering Clues to Cosmic Ray Origins
The giant planet’s bow shock isn’t just deflecting the solar wind, it’s acting as a powerful particle accelerator,…
What you need to know about the Jupiter Venus conjunction
Keep an eye on the sky both Monday and Tuesday evening for the conjunction of the galaxy’s two…