OUTERPLANETS - SKY NIGHTLY

Apr 06, 2022 (SPX)

One of the most important open questions in planetary formation theory is the story of Jupiter's origin. Using sophisticated computer modelling, researchers of ...

SwRI scientists connect the dots between Galilean moon, auroral emissions on Jupiter

Apr 06, 2022 (SPX)

"Jupiter's most massive moons each create their own auroras on Jupiter's north and south poles," said Dr. Vincent Hue, lead author of a paper outlining the resu...

Juice's journey and Jupiter system tour

Mar 30, 2022 (ESA)

This animation depicts Juice's journey to Jupiter and highlights from its foreseen tour of the giant planet and its large ocean-bearing moons. It depicts Juice'...

Pluto's giant ice volcanos may have formed from multiple eruption events

Mar 30, 2022 (SPX)

"The particular structures we studied are unique to Pluto, at least so far," said Kelsi Singer, New Horizons deputy project scientist from the Southwest Researc...

Chaos terrains on Europa could be shuttling oxygen to ocean

Mar 25, 2022 (SPX)

This theory has been proposed by others, but the researchers put it to the test by building the world's first physics-based computer simulation of the process, ...

Searching for Planet Nine

Mar 17, 2022 (SPX)

The notion that there may be a ninth massive planet in the outer solar system has taken on new appeal with recent data that show that the orbital parameters of ...

NASA begins assembly of Europa Clipper

Mar 07, 2022 (JPL)

The assembly effort is already underway in clean rooms at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Now, engineering components and science...

New Horizons team puts names to the places on Arrokoth

Feb 15, 2022 (SPX)

Proposed by the New Horizons team and approved by the International Astronomical Union, the new feature names follow a theme set by "Arrokoth" itself, which mea...

NASA Telescope Spots Highest-Energy Light Ever Detected From Jupiter

Feb 11, 2022 (JPL)

Scientists have been studying Jupiter up close since the 1970s, but the gas giant is still full of mysteries. New observations by NASA's NuSTAR space observator...

Juno and Hubble data reveal electromagnetic 'tug-of-war' lights up Jupiter's upper atmosphere

Feb 07, 2022 (SPX)

The study, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, describes the delicate current cycle driven by Jupiter's rapid rotation and the rele...

Oxygen ions in Jupiter's innermost radiation belts

Jan 13, 2022 (SPX)

In this respect, the gas giant Jupiter sports the most extreme radiation belts in the Solar System. In their new publication, researchers from the MPS, the Cali...

Ocean Physics Explain Cyclones on Jupiter

Jan 11, 2022 (SPX)

Lead author Lia Siegelman, a physical oceanographer and postdoctoral scholar at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, d...

Testing radar to peer into Jupiter's moons

Dec 28, 2021 (ESA)

The working version of the RIME instrument (Radar for Icy Moons Exploration), incorporating a 16-m long version of the straight 'dipole' boom seen here under th...

NASA's Juno spacecraft prepares for Jupiter moon Io close flyby

Dec 28, 2021 (UPI)

Juno is expected to pass within about 930 miles of Io's surface on Saturday. During the flyby, Juno will use three instruments to examine the moon. "The pass is...

Looking Back, Looking Forward To New Horizons

Dec 21, 2021 (SPX)

As 2021 winds down, I want to recount what the New Horizons project has accomplished this year, and also look ahead to tell you about our plans for 2022. During...

NASA's Juno Spacecraft 'Hears' Jupiter's Moon

Dec 20, 2021 (JPL)

Juno Principal Investigator Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio has debuted a 50-second audio track generated from data collected du...

Deep Mantle Krypton Reveals Earth's Outer Solar System Ancestry

Dec 17, 2021 (SPX)

The different isotopes of krypton are chemical fingerprints for scientists sleuthing out the ingredients that made the Earth, such as solar wind particles and m...

Cracking the mystery of nitrogen ice dynamics on Pluto

Dec 17, 2021 (SPX)

However, in their study published in Nature on 15 December 2021, researchers from the CNRS, ENS de Lyon,2 and the University of Exeter unveil the mystery behind...

Planet decision that booted out Pluto is rooted in folklore, astrology

Dec 09, 2021 (SPX)

In a study appearing recently in the journal Icarus, the researchers hope to set the record straight with a look at how a planet's definition has changed since ...

Are Water Plumes Spraying from Europa

Dec 01, 2021 (SPX)

Scientists now are preparing for a mission to another ice-covered ocean world with possible plumes: Jupiter's moon Europa. Scheduled to launch in 2024, NASA's E...