OUTERPLANETS

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First observation of a Polar Cyclone on Uranus
May 24, 2023 (SPX)
Scientists have long known that Uranus' south pole has a swirling feature. NASA's Voyager 2 imaging of methane cloud tops there showed winds at the polar center...
Research 'solves' mystery of Jupiter's stunning colour changes
May 24, 2023 (SPX)
Pictures of the planet are characterised by bands of colour, as well as the famous Great Red Spot, but these bands are often seen to move and change - something...
NASA's Juno mission closing in on Io
May 16, 2023 (SPX)
To date, Juno has performed 50 flybys of Jupiter and also collected data during close encounters with three of the four Galilean moons - the icy worlds Europa a...
Pioneer 11, launched 50 years ago, helped solve mysteries of the universe
May 12, 2023 (UPI)
One of the trailblazers was Pioneer 11, a robotic forerunner of such exploration and the first spacecraft to reach Saturn, the ringed and most iconic planet in ...
NASA: Up to 4 of Uranus' moons could have water
May 05, 2023 (UPI)
The NASA study announced Thursday is the first to detail the evolution of the interior makeup and structure of all five large moons -- Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, ...
New video series captures team working on NASA's Europa Clipper
May 03, 2023 (JPL)
The new video series "Spacecraft Makers: Europa Clipper" offers quick updates on the mission's progress and lifts the curtain on the exacting work that goes int...
Work continues to deploy Juice RIME antenna
May 01, 2023 (ESA)
Work continues to free the radar and teams at ESA's mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany, along with partners in science and industry, have lots of idea...
Juice's first taste of science from space
Apr 27, 2023 (ESA)
Juice launched on 14 April, with deployments and activation of its antennas, booms, sensors and instruments ongoing over the next months in a dedicated check-ou...
Icy Moonquakes: Surface Shaking Could Trigger Landslides
Apr 18, 2023 (JPL)
Many of the ice-encrusted moons orbiting the giant planets in the far reaches of our solar system are known to be geologically active. Jupiter and Saturn have s...
Europe's JUICE mission blasts off towards Jupiter's icy moons
Apr 14, 2023 (AFP)
The launch on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, came after a previous attempt on Thursday was called off due to the risk of l...
Europe's Jupiter probe launched
Apr 14, 2023 (AFP)
The launch on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana came after a previous attempt on Thursday was called off due to the risk of li...
Spotlight on Ganymede, Juice's primary target
Apr 13, 2023 (ESA)
Why focus on Ganymede? There are a handful of key reasons Juice will home in on Ganymede. Firstly, Ganymede is thought to have a salty ocean beneath its icy she...
Europe's JUICE mission to launch for Jupiter's icy moons
Apr 13, 2023 (AFP)
The JUpiter ICy Moons Explorer (JUICE) has received the green light for its scheduled launch on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Gui...
Juno Marks 50 Orbits Around Jupiter
Apr 13, 2023 (SPX)
To mark the 50th close pass, NASA teamed up with Google Arts and Culture to feature a selection of JunoCam images. You can see the Google Arts and Culture featu...
Search for alien life extends to Jupiter's icy moons
Apr 12, 2023 (AFP)
A new chapter in humanity's search for extraterrestrial life opens on Thursday as Europe's JUICE spacecraft blasts off on a mission to investigate the icy moons...
Ariane 5 flight VA260, Juice: fully integrated and ready for rollout
Apr 12, 2023 (ESA)
Juice - JUpiter ICy Moons Explorer - is humankind's next bold mission to the outer Solar System. After an eight-year journey to Jupiter, it will make detailed o...
Guiding JUICE to Jupiter
Apr 11, 2023 (SPX)
Operating in the outer reaches of the solar system, far from the Sun, JUICE uses large solar arrays around the size of a badminton court - 85 m2 - to generate e...
A Jovian journey to the icy worlds of a Gas Giant
Apr 11, 2023 (SPX)
I'm a planetary scientist who studies the structure and evolution of solid planets and moons in the solar system. There are many reasons my colleagues and I are...
NASA's Webb Scores Another Ringed World with New Image of Uranus
Apr 07, 2023 (SPX)
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently observed Uranus, and the resulting image highlights a complex system of rings as well as a bright polar cap and likel...
An unprecedented journey to Jupiter
Apr 07, 2023 (SPX)
In the process JUICE will achieve many firsts. JUICE will be the first spacecraft to use an extremely close - only 750 kilometres away - flyby of the Moon, and ...
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