OUTERPLANETS

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OSL Optics to help unlock the secrets of Jupiter's Icy Moons
May 24, 2018 (SPX)
The JUICE mission is part of the European Space Agency (ESA) cosmic vision programme and its objective is to study Jupiter's plasma environment and the three ic...
SwRI scientists introduce cosmochemical model for Pluto formation
May 24, 2018 (SPX)
"We've developed what we call 'the giant comet' cosmochemical model of Pluto formation," said Dr. Christopher Glein of SwRI's Space Science and Engineering Divi...
Jupiter: A New Perspective
May 22, 2018 (JPL)
This new perspective of Jupiter from the south makes the Great Red Spot appear as though it is in northern territory. This view is unique to Juno and demonstrat...
Study co-authored by UCLA scientists shows evidence of water vapor plumes on Jupiter moon
May 18, 2018 (SPX)
A paper published in Nature Astronomy offers the clearest evidence to date that there are "plumes" - eruptions of water vapor - venting from the surface of on a...
Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes
May 15, 2018 (JPL)
Data collected by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in 1997 were put through new and advanced computer models to untangle a mystery - a brief, localized bend in themagn...
New views of Jupiter showcases swirling clouds on giant planet
May 11, 2018 (SPX)
JunoCam images presented at the meeting by citizen scientists Gerald Eichstadt and Sean Doran include an animation showing the evolution of swirling features in...
Fresh results from NASA's Galileo spacecraft 20 years on
May 01, 2018 (SPX)
"We are now coming back over 20 years later to take a new look at some of the data that was never published and finish the story," said Glyn Collinson, lead aut...
What do Uranus's cloud tops have in common with rotten eggs?
Apr 24, 2018 (SPX)
Even after decades of observations, and a visit by the Voyager 2 spacecraft, Uranus held on to one critical secret, the composition of its clouds. Now, one of t...
Pluto's Largest Moon, Charon, Gets Its First Official Feature Names
Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)
The International Astronomical Union (IAU), the internationally recognized authority for naming celestial bodies and their surface features, recently approved a...
Pluto's largest moon, Charon, gets its first official feature names
Apr 13, 2018 (SPX)
Charon is one of the larger bodies in the Kuiper Belt, and has a wealth of geological features, as well as a collection of craters similar to those seen on most...
Juno Provides Infrared Tour of Jupiter's North Pole
Apr 12, 2018 (JPL)
Juno mission scientists have taken data collected by the spacecraft's Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument and generated the 3-D fly-around of the ...
SSL to provide of critical capabilities for Europa Flyby Mission
Apr 06, 2018 (SPX)
The Europa Clipper spacecraft, set to launch in the 2020's, will perform repeated investigative flybys of Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter, which strong evidence ...
New Horizons Chooses Nickname for 'Ultimate' Flyby Target
Mar 14, 2018 (SPX)
With substantial public input, the team has chosen "Ultima Thule" (pronounced ultima thoo-lee") for the Kuiper Belt object the New Horizons spacecraft will expl...
Jupiter's Great Red Spot getting taller as it shrinks
Mar 14, 2018 (SPX)
A new study suggests that it hasn't all been downhill, though. The storm seems to have increased in area at least once along the way, and it's growing taller as...
Unveiling the depths of Jupiter's winds
Mar 12, 2018 (SPX)
The Weizmann Institute's Prof. Yohai Kaspi led this research in which measurements from NASA's Juno spacecraft were analyzed to reveal that the stripes - belts ...
Jupiter's Jet-Streams Are Unearthly
Mar 08, 2018 (JPL)
Other Juno science results released this week include that the massive cyclones that surround Jupiter's north and south poles are enduring atmospheric features ...
Jupiter's turmoil more than skin deep: researchers
Mar 07, 2018 (AFP)
The measurements shed the first light on what goes on beneath the surface of the largest planet in the Solar System, which from a distance resembles a colourful...
You are entering the Jovian Twilight Zone
Mar 06, 2018 (JPL)
NASA's Juno spacecraft took the color-enhanced image during its eleventh close flyby of the gas giant planet on Feb. 7 at 7:11 a.m. PST (10:11 a.m. EST). At the...
The PI's Perspective: Why Didn't Voyager Explore the Kuiper Belt?
Mar 01, 2018 (SPX)
Currently, the spacecraft is hibernating while the mission team plans the MU69 flyby. During hibernation, three of the instruments on New Horizons-SWAP, PEPSSI ...
Chasing a stellar flash with assistance from GAIA
Feb 28, 2018 (ESA)
When a small Solar System body such as a moon or an asteroid passes in front of a star and temporarily blocks its light, the occultation is an extraordinary cha...
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