Jupiter: mission unveils the depth and structure of planet's shrinking red spot and colourful bands

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is deep, meaning it may persist even though it is shrinking.

Leigh Fletcher, Associate Professor in Planetary Sciences, University of Leicester • conversation
Oct. 28, 2021 ~8 min

Nasa: imminent asteroid missions could reveal our origins – and help save Earth from deadly strike

The Lucy mission could revolutionise our knowledge of the Solar System’s history, while the DART mission could help redirect hazardous asteroids in the future.

Gareth Dorrian, Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham • conversation
Oct. 15, 2021 ~8 min


Helium rain probably falls inside Jupiter and Saturn

New research validates a nearly 40-year-old prediction that helium rain is possible inside planets such as Jupiter and Saturn.

Lindsey Valich-Rochester • futurity
June 8, 2021 ~5 min

Nasa has just rejected missions to moons of Jupiter and Neptune – here's what we would have found out

When two missions to Venus were announced, two others missed out.

Ashley Spindler, STFC Innovation Fellow, University of Hertfordshire • conversation
June 7, 2021 ~6 min

Astronomers discover first cloudless, Jupiter-like planet

The first Jupiter-like planet without clouds has been detected by astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Unlike our Jupiter, which takes nearly 12 years to orbit the sun, WASP-62b completes a rotation in just four-and-a-half days.

Nadia Whitehead • harvard
Jan. 22, 2021 ~3 min

What you need to know about this year's winter solstice and the great conjunction

This year's winter solstice is also when Saturn and Jupiter appear closest to each other for 60 years, Here's what you need to know about both the events.

William Teets, Acting Director and Astronomer, Dyer Observatory, Vanderbilt University • conversation
Dec. 18, 2020 ~5 min

New model could explain icy blast from Jupiter’s moon

A new model could reveal the origins of a hypothesized cryovolcanic eruption on Jupiter's moon Europa and other icy bodies in the solar system.

Danielle Torrent Tucker-Stanford • futurity
Dec. 11, 2020 ~8 min

Volcanoes feed the atmosphere on Jupiter’s moon Io

The atmosphere on Jupiter's moon Io is a witches' brew made from the sulfurous burps of more than 400 volcanoes. Now scientists know how it got that way.

Robert Sanders-UC Berkeley • futurity
Oct. 27, 2020 ~11 min


The four most promising worlds for alien life in the solar system

The clouds of Venus may harbour alien life. But where else?

Gareth Dorrian, Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham • conversation
Sept. 18, 2020 ~7 min

Jupiter’s moons may keep each other toasty

Jupiter's moons are pretty hot, at least hotter than they should be, given how far away they are from the sun. A new study explains why that may be.

Mikayla Mace-Arizona • futurity
Sept. 14, 2020 ~6 min

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