12
Apr
Try spotting Jupiter in the daylight this weekend
When Jupiter is close to the moon, as it will be this weekend, it is easier to spot.
12
Apr
Try spotting Jupiter in the daylight this weekend
When Jupiter is close to the moon, as it will be this weekend, it is easier to spot.
10
Apr
Black hole snacks on ‘super Jupiter’ planet
Scientists believe that the black hole only devoured about 10 percent of the gas giant’s mass, leaving a ‘denser core’ behind.
08
Apr
Ingredient for life common on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
Hydrogen peroxide is created on Europa due to the intense radiation bombardment of the moon’s surface as it moves through Jupiter’s powerful magnetic field.
18
Feb
20
Nov
Super-Jupiter’ is 13 times more massive than our gas giant
The planet orbits a star called Kappa Andromedae that is 2.5 times the mass of the sun and is located 170 light-years away from Earth.
01
Nov
Moon, Jupiter create celestial treat this week
The location of the moon relative to Jupiter will depend on your exact location because of something called parallax.
12
Sep
Amateur astronomers spy an explosion on Jupiter
No one’s quite sure if it’s was an unlucky comet or asteroid that met its end by colliding with the gas giant.
02
Jul
Jupiter-sized planet’s evaporating atmosphere offers clues about space weather
The planet’s proximity to its host star not only means that it’s very hot but that it is also constantly battered by extreme-ultraviolet and X-ray radiation.
11
May
How Jupiter extinguished Vesta’s chances of becoming a planet
Jupiter’s gravitational pull made it difficult for Vesta and other planetary building blocks to join together and make another planet or two.
08
May
‘Hot Jupiter’ systems make presence of Earth-like planets unlikely
As the hot Jupiter planets close in on their suns, they likely scatter away any other planets in the system.
