Jupiter

Cassini’s awe-inspiring view of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io

Published August 12, 2016 | By Cosmic Tribune

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA]

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

Published July 5, 2016 | By Cosmic Tribune

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

Published July 1, 2016 | By Cosmic Tribune

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

Published December 2, 2015 | By Cosmic Tribune

[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

Published November 9, 2015 | By Cosmic Tribune

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Michael Wilson]

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 . . .

Published June 28, 2015 | By Cosmic Tribune

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 Valencia, Spain. Venus is at right and Jupiter above center. But as of June 28, they are very close together. /José J. Chambó Bris

Triple conjunction on June 20, 2015, in Terrella in… Continue reading →

Jupiter’s largest moon poses with our solar system’s largest storm

Published May 21, 2015 | By Cosmic Tribune

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Damian Peach/SEN]

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

Published February 6, 2015 | By Cosmic Tribune

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)]

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

Published November 5, 2013 | By Cosmic Tribune

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION] / Copyright: Leo Aerts

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

Published December 31, 2012 | By Cosmic Tribune

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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