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June 28, 2016

Glorious, Glowing Jupiter Awaits Juno's Arrival
London, UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2016
Stunning new images and the highest-resolution maps to date of Jupiter at thermal infrared wavelengths give a glowing view of Juno's target, a week ahead of the NASA mission's arrival at the giant planet. The maps reveal the present-day temperatures, composition and cloud coverage within Jupiter's dynamic atmosphere, and show how giant storms, vortices and wave patterns shape the appearance of the giant planet. The observations will be presented at the National Astronomy Meeting in Nottingham by D ... read more

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ALMA Observes Most Distant Stellar Oxygen Ever

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Unexpected excess of giant planets in star cluster

A Young Super-Neptune Offers Clues to the Origin of Close-In Exoplanets

Swift Satellite Used to Chase Colliding Black Holes

San Francisco State University astronomer helps discover giant planet orbiting 2 suns

New Index Ranks Dark Night Communities

The Search for Our Own Alien Life

Parkes telescope detects key feature of life outside our solar system

Largest crowdsource astronomy network helps confirm discovery of 'Tatooine' planet

Largest, Widest Orbit "Tatooine" Bolsters Planet Formation Theories

Juno Spacecraft to Risk Jupiter's Fireworks for Science

Life's first handshake: Chiral molecule detected in interstellar space

Scientists detect second pair of colliding black holes

Sites selected for world's largest gamma-ray detector

First Detection of Methyl Alcohol in a Planet-forming Disc

Gluttonous Star May Hold Clues to Planet Formation

Gravitational Waves Spotted Again

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