Jupiter's Galilean moons may have gained life's building blocks at birth

Southwest Research Institute was part of an international team that demonstrated how complex organic molecules (COMs), key ...
Science News

This inside-out planetary system has astronomers scratching their heads

Like a double-stuffed Oreo of planetary proportions, the star LHS 1903 boasts two rocky exoplanets sandwiching two gaseous ones. From the star outward, the lineup — rocky-gaseous-gaseous-rocky — ...
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Amazing animation of ESA's JUICE spacecraft flying to the Jupiter system

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) that was launched in 2023 will take about 8 years to arrive at the jovian system after several gravity assists. Credit: Space.com | animation courtesy: ESA / ...
Science Daily

Jupiter’s clouds are hiding something big

Jupiter’s swirling storms have concealed its true makeup for centuries, but a new model is finally peeling back the clouds. Researchers found the planet likely holds significantly more oxygen than the ...

Astronomers discover rare super-Jupiter orbiting distant star

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...
Futurism

There’s Something Fascinating Hiding Under Jupiter’s Clouds, Scientists Find

The enormous storms of impenetrable clouds covering Jupiter’s surface make it nearly impossible for us to get a glimpse of what lies below. Any spacecraft attempting to get a closer look would be ...

NASA conducts second rocket fueling test that will decide when Artemis astronauts head to the moon

Isaacman reiterated the need for safety midway through Thursday’s fueling test, as he released a scathing report on Boeing’s Starliner capsule program that left two astronauts stuck for months aboard ...
Reuters

NASA's Juno finds Jupiter is a tiny bit smaller than previously thought

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Jupiter, without a doubt, is the biggest planet in our solar system. But it turns out that it is not quite as large - by ever so small an amount - as scientists had ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Say That Jupiter—the Solar System’s Largest Planet—Might Be Slightly Smaller Than Previously Thought

The updated measurements won't take away Jupiter's status as the solar system's biggest planet. NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS Scientists may have been overestimating the size of the solar system’s ...

NASA's Artemis II rocket completes key test, March launch date eyed

NASA's Artemis II rocket successfully completed a major prelaunch test. The crew will now enter quarantine as potential ...
USA Today

Is Jupiter smaller than we thought? NASA spacecraft makes new find

The measurements from NASA's Juno orbiter mark the first time that the size and shape of Jupiter has been evaluated in more than fifty years. NASA's Pioneer and Voyager missions made observations of ...