Study helps solve mystery under Jupiter’s coloured bands

Aug 11, 2018, at 06:30 pm

Sydney, Aug 11 (IBNS): Scientists from Australia and the United States have helped to solve the mystery underlying Jupiter's coloured bands in a new study on the interaction between atmospheres and magnetic fields.

Water is destroyed, then reborn in ultrahot Jupiters

Aug 10, 2018, at 07:25 pm

Washington, Aug 10 (IBNS): Imagine a place where the weather forecast is always the same: scorching temperatures, relentlessly sunny, and with absolutely zero chance of rain. This hellish scenario exists on the permanent daysides of a type of planet found outside our solar system dubbed an "ultrahot Jupiter." These worlds orbit extremely close to their stars, with one side of the planet permanently facing the star.

Is Mars’ soil too dry to sustain life?

Jul 25, 2018, at 09:19 am

Washington, July 25 (IBNS): Life as we know it needs water to thrive. Even so, we see life persist in the driest environments on Earth. But how dry is too dry?

Jupiter's great red spot getting taller as it shrinks, NASA team finds

Mar 14, 2018, at 02:43 pm

Washington, Mar 14 (IBNS): Though once big enough to swallow three Earths with room to spare, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been shrinking for a century and a half. Nobody is sure how long the storm will continue to contract or whether it will disappear altogether.

NASA's Juno probes the depths of Jupiter's great red spot

Dec 12, 2017, at 09:56 pm

Washington, Dec 12 (IBNS): Data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft during its first pass over Jupiter's Great Red Spot in July 2017 indicate that this iconic feature penetrates well below the clouds.

A whole new Jupiter: First science results from NASA’s Juno mission

May 26, 2017, at 09:49 pm

Washington, May 26 (IBNS): Early science results from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, with Earth-sized polar cyclones, plunging storm systems that travel deep into the heart of the gas giant, and a mammoth, lumpy magnetic field that may indicate it was generated closer to the planet’s surface than previously thought.

NASA approves instruments for ESA’s ‘JUICE’ Mission to Jupiter System

Apr 16, 2017, at 11:19 pm

Washington, Apr 16 (IBNS): NASA’s partnership in a future European Space Agency (ESA) mission to Jupiter and its moons has cleared a key milestone, moving from preliminary instrument design to implementation phase.

Cloudy nights, sunny days on distant hot Jupiters

Oct 19, 2016, at 09:25 pm

Washington, Oct 19 (IBNS): The weather forecast for faraway, blistering planets called "hot Jupiters" might go something like this: Cloudy nights and sunny days, with a high of 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit (about 1,300 degrees Celsius, or 1,600 Kelvin).

NASA's hubble spots possible water plumes erupting on Jupiter's Moon Europa

Sep 27, 2016, at 03:04 pm

Washington Sept 27 (IBNS): Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.

Jupiter's North Pole unlike anything encountered in Solar System

Sep 03, 2016, at 02:04 pm

California, Sept 3 (IBNS): NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter’s north pole, taken during the spacecraft’s first flyby of the planet with its instruments switched on. The images show storm systems and weather activity unlike anything previously seen on any of our solar system’s gas-giant planets.

NASA's Juno successfully completes Jupiter flyby

Aug 28, 2016, at 02:22 pm

California, Aug 28 (IBNS): NASA's Juno mission successfully executed its first of 36 orbital flybys of Jupiter on Saturday.

NASA's Juno to soar closest to Jupiter this Saturday

Aug 27, 2016, at 01:41 pm

Washington, Aug 27 (IBNS): This Saturday at 5:51 a.m. PDT, (8:51 a.m. EDT, 12:51 UTC) NASA's Juno spacecraft will get closer to the cloud tops of Jupiter than at any other time during its prime mission.

Google doodle gets a Juno makeover

Jul 05, 2016, at 04:55 pm

Mountain View, July 5 (IBNS): Google on Tuesday decorated its homepage with a doodle dedicated to Juno, the spacecraft that successfully entered Jupiter's orbit.

Juno enters orbit around Jupiter

Jul 05, 2016, at 03:28 pm

California, July 5 (IBNS) NASA’s Juno mission has completed its main engine burn and entered orbit around Jupiter. Watch the live NASA news briefing at 1 a.m. EDT for more information.

NASA's Juno Spacecraft getting close to Jupiter

Jul 03, 2016, at 04:03 am

Washington, July 2 (IBNS) NASA's Juno mission, launched nearly five years ago, will soon reach its final destination: the most massive planet in our solar system, Jupiter. On the evening of July 4, at roughly 9 p.m. PDT (12 a.m. EDT, July 5), the spacecraft will complete a burn of its main engine, placing it in orbit around the king of planets.

NASA's Juno Spacecraft enters Jupiter's magnetic field

Jul 01, 2016, at 03:32 pm

Washington, July 1 (IBNS) NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft has entered the planet's magnetosphere, where the movement of particles in space is controlled by what's going on inside Jupiter.

Hubble captures vivid auroras in Jupiter’s atmosphere

Jul 01, 2016, at 02:36 pm

Washington, July 1 (IBNS)Astronomers are using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study auroras — stunning light shows in a planet’s atmosphere — on the poles of the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter. This observation program is supported by measurements made by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, currently on its way to Jupiter.