27 August 2018
Meteorites give clues as to how Jupiter was built
... planetesimal sized objects to grow massive cores. Now, using state-of-the-art planet formation models to simulate Jupiter’s growth at its present location, a team of scientists whose lead author of the recently published work in Nature is Yann...
March 2018
Plumes on Europa - tasting an extra-terrestrial ocean
... distribution of H2O/H2O+ in the exosphere which can hopefully be gained from remote sensing instruments on board JUICE. Jupiter’s moon Europa. Opportunity The plausible, but not conclusively proven, existence of water vapour plumes on Europa creates...
08 September 2017
The solar systems most powerful auroras are still a mystery
...most intense auroras, as they are on our planet. "At Jupiter, the brightest auroras are caused by some kind of turbulent ... "The highest energies that we are observing within Jupiter's auroral regions are formidable. These energetic particles that...
26 May 2017
First results from Juno mission
... field investigation at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. At the moment, Juno will be flying around Jupiter in a polar orbit where it remains at a reasonable distance from the planet. However once every 53 days, Juno whizzes...
05 July 2016
Success for JUNO!
... mission to be designed to operate in the heart of Jupiter’s radiation belts and the first spacecraft to fly 3D-printed ...fortunate enough to be sat at mission control when JUNO arrived at Jupiter or if you’d like an up, close and personal look at the...
29 July 2016
New Study Shows Great Red Spot Cause of Heated Atmosphere
... study came from altitudes of 500 miles or so. Upon examination, the researchers found that temperatures at high altitudes on Jupiter were much higher than expected – whenever they looked at the southern hemisphere. Turbulent atmospheric flows above...
