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Every 53 days, something rather wonderful happens. That’s when a small spacecraft built by us puny humans swoops past the gas giant Jupiter, returning stunning images and data. The images returned ar…
Every 53 days, something rather wonderful happens. That’s when a small spacecraft built by us puny humans swoops past the gas giant Jupiter, returning stunning images and data. The images returned ar…
A special thanks to Kunio Sayanagi at Hampton University, for his help with this video. The best way to explore a new world is to land on it. That's why humans have sent spacecraft to the Moon, V…
An international team of researchers has discovered that the gas giant, the largest planet in the Solar System, also has austral auroras ( south ) and that, against all odds, they act independently o…
Lately, NASA’s Cassini orbiter has been delivering some stunning photos from its trips around Saturn, but that’s not the only fancy camera floating around a nearby planet. The agency’s Juno spacecraf…
Get a good look at Jupiter's Great Red Spot while you can. The giant storm as we know it today is shrinking, and it might fade into memory within your lifetime. NASA's US$1 billion Juno probe…
From galaxies that are 13 billion years old to changing colors of Jupiter’s great spot, we will take a look at seven objects in space that we just can’t explain. (Image: This enhanced image of SN1993…
NASA has released a rather glorious new image of Jupiter taken by its Juno spacecraft, showing bands of clouds on the gas giant. The image was taken on December 16, 2017, as the spacecraft was perfor…
NASA’s $US1 billion Juno spacecraft completed its 10th high-speed trip around Jupiter on December 16. The robot gets relatively close to the gas giant planet and takes new photos with its JunoCam i…
