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Cassini’s awe-inspiring view of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io
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How big is Jupiter’s moon Io? The most volcanic body in the Solar System, Io (usually pronounced “EYE-oh”) is 3,600 kilometers in diameter, about the size of… Continue reading
‘Built like an armored tank’, Juno swoops through debris, radiation in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere
July 4, 2016
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft, on July 4, 2016, headed in for a close look at the largest planet in our solar system. / NASA art
NASA’s Juno spacecraft was to fire its… Continue reading
Juno, on July 4, will fire engine, orbit Jupiter’s poles at cloud-top level
After nearly a five-year journey, Juno enjoys a perspective on Jupiter not often seen, even by spacecraft from Earth that usually swing by closer to Jupiter’s equator.
Credit: NASA, JPL, Juno Mission.
Looking down toward the ruling gas giant from… Continue reading
Planetary dawn spectacular
[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory, TWAN)]
Planet Earth’s horizon stretches across this recent Solar System group portrait, seen from the southern hemisphere’s Las Campanas Observatory.
Taken before dawn it traces the ecliptic with… Continue reading
Salt Lake sky
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This was a sky to show the kids. All in all, three children, three planets, the Moon, a star, an airplane and a mom were all captured in one image near Great… Continue reading
The stars are aligned: Jupiter and Venus, closer and closer . . .
Kelly Beatty, Sky and Telescope
The two brightest planets are gliding closer together in the early evening sky, and their celestial dance culminates with an ultra-close pairing on June 30th.
Triple conjunction on June 20, 2015, in Terrella in… Continue reading
Jupiter’s largest moon poses with our solar system’s largest storm
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In this sharp snapshot, the Solar System’s largest moon Ganymede poses next to Jupiter, the largest planet.
Captured on March 10 with a small telescope from our fair planet Earth, the scene… Continue reading
Hubble does it again! A Jupiter triple-moon conjunction
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Our solar system’s ruling giant planet Jupiter and 3 of its 4 large Galilean moons are captured in this single Hubble snapshot from Jan. 24. Crossing… Continue reading
A rare triple-eclipse on Jupiter
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This webcam and telescope image of banded gas giant Jupiter shows the transit of three shadows cast by Jupiter’s moons in progress, captured in Belgian skies on Oct. 12 at… Continue reading
What to see with your shiny new telescope
As the gift-giving season comes to an end, maybe now you’ve got a shiny new telescope to call your own. Congratulations — you’re on your way to discovering many amazing things in the night sky. Be it a long, sleek… Continue reading
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