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Cold' Great Spot discovered on Jupiter
Apr 12, 2017 (SPX)
Dubbed the 'Great Cold Spot', it has been observed as a localized dark spot, up to 24,000 kilometers in longitude and 12,000 kilometers in latitude, in the gas ...
Nap Time for New Horizons
Apr 12, 2017 (SPX)
With the spacecraft now about 3.5 billion miles (5.7 billion kilometers) from Earth, the radio signals carrying that word from New Horizons needed just over fiv...
Hubble spots auroras on Uranus
Apr 12, 2017 (SPX)
They become caught in powerful magnetic fields and are channeled into the upper atmosphere, where their interactions with gas particles, such as oxygen or nitro...
Neptune's journey during early planet formation was 'smooth and calm'
Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)
Dr Wes Fraser from Queen's led an international research project 'Colours of the Outer Solar Systems Origins Survey' Col-OSSOS, which uses data collected from t...
When Jovian Light and Dark Collide
Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)
This image, taken by the JunoCam imager on NASA's Juno spacecraft, highlights a feature on Jupiter where multiple atmospheric conditions appear to collide. This...
Hubble takes close-up portrait of Jupiter
Apr 07, 2017 (SPX)
During April 2017 Jupiter is in opposition: it is at its closest to Earth and the hemisphere facing Earth is fully illuminated by the Sun. The NASA/ESA Hubble S...
New Horizons Halfway from Pluto to Next Flyby Target
Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)
How time and our spacecraft fly - especially when you're making history at 32,000 miles (51,500 kilometers) per hour. Continuing on its path through the outer r...
Neptune's movement from the inner to the outer solar system was smooth and calm
Apr 04, 2017 (UPI)
New research suggests Neptune's transition from the inner to the outer solar system was relatively slow and steady. The clues to the nature of Neptune's ancient...
Four unknown objects being investigated in Planet X
Mar 31, 2017 (SPX)
Astronomers from The Australian National University (ANU) are investigating four unknown objects that could be candidates for a new planet in our solar system, ...
Juno Spacecraft Set for Fifth Jupiter Flyby
Mar 27, 2017 (JPL)
NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its fifth flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops on Monday, March 27, at 1:52 a.m. PDT (4:52 a.m. EDT, 8:52 UTC). At the ti...
ANU leads public search for Planet X
Mar 27, 2017 (SPX)
The Australian National University (ANU) is launching a search for a new major planet within our solar system, inviting anyone around the world with access to t...
Scientists make the case to restore Pluto's planet status
Mar 21, 2017 (SPX)
Johns Hopkins University scientist Kirby Runyon wants to make one thing clear: Regardless of what one prestigious scientific organization says to the contrary, ...
ESA's Jupiter mission moves off the drawing board
Mar 17, 2017 (ESA)
Demanding electric, magnetic and power requirements, harsh radiation, and strict planetary protection rules are some of the critical issues that had to be tackl...
NASA Mission Named 'Europa Clipper'
Mar 13, 2017 (JPL)
NASA's upcoming mission to investigate the habitability of Jupiter's icy moon Europa now has a formal name: Europa Clipper. The moniker harkens back to the clip...
Juno Captures Jupiter Cloudscape in High Resolution
Mar 07, 2017 (JPL)
This close-up view of Jupiter captures the turbulent region just west of the Great Red Spot in the South Equatorial Belt, with resolution better than any previo...
Europa Flyby Mission Moves into Design Phase
Feb 22, 2017 (JPL)
A mission to examine the habitability of Jupiter's ocean-bearing moon Europa is taking one step closer to the launchpad, with the recent completion of a major N...
Juno to remain in current orbit at Jupiter
Feb 21, 2017 (JPL)
NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, which has been in orbit around the gas giant since July 4, 2016, will remain in its current 53-day orbit for the remainder of th...
NASA receives science report on Europa lander concept
Feb 10, 2017 (JPL)
A report on the potential science value of a lander on the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa has been delivered to NASA, and the agency is now engaging the b...
New Horizons Refines Course for Next Flyby
Feb 03, 2017 (SPX)
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft completed a short propulsive maneuver Wednesday to refine its track toward a New Year's Day 2019 flyby past 2014 MU69, a Kuiper B...
It's Never 'Groundhog Day' at Jupiter
Feb 03, 2017 (JPL)
NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its fourth flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 4:57 a.m. PST (7:57 a.m. EST, 12:57 UTC). At the ...
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