CLEVELAND — With so much focus on the total solar eclipse right now, I thought some stellar solar system facts would shake up your universe. Let me take you back to grade school and the solar system ...

Using the NIRSpec data, planetary scientists measured the physical properties of the auroral footprints of Jupiter’s two innermost Galilean moons, Io and Europa, including the local temperature and ...

An international team of scientists, led by a PhD researcher from Northumbria University, has made groundbreaking discoveries ...

For 400 years, astronomers have stared through tiny eye-pieces to admire Jupiter. But now, with the NASA spacecraft Juno in orbit, we’re due some pretty breathtaking images of the largest planet in ...

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The JunoCam camera aboard NASA’s Juno mission is operational and sending down data after the spacecraft’s July 4 arrival at Jupiter. Juno’s visible-light camera was turned on six days after Juno fired ...

Jupiter reaches opposition once a year, when Earth passes directly between it and the Sun, creating the best possible viewing conditions for the giant planet. This astronomical alignment makes Jupiter ...

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An international team of scientists, led by a Ph.D. researcher from Northumbria University, has made further discoveries about a spectacular feature of Jupiter's northern lights, revealing a ...