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Is Jupiter's Great Red Spot Unraveling?
May 20, 2019: Around the world, amateur astronomers are monitoring a strange phenomenon on the verge of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS). The giant storm appears to be unraveling. “I have…
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This is our best look yet at the solar system's most volcanic object
A massive new report on Jupiter’s moon Io shows that the explosive world is even stranger than anyone expected.
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Jupiter just got slammed by something so big we saw it from Earth
It's bright, it's white and fortunately it's very far away from here.
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New planet nine times the mass of Jupiter found in nearby star system
An international team including a University of Warwick astronomer has discovered a new planet around a nearby star.
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Meet Pandia, Eirene and More! 5 Jupiter Moons Get New Names
Five of Jupiter's many moons have new names thanks to suggestions from the public.
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Is Jupiter a Failed Star?
Although Jupiter is large as planets go, it would need to be about 75 times its current mass to ignite nuclear fusion in its core and become a star.
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Astronomers catch water erupting from plumes on Jupiter’s icy moon Eu
Astronomers made the first direct measurement of water vapor in Europa’s atmosphere. It's the best evidence yet for water plumes erupting from the icy moon.
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot isn't dead yet, scientist says
Rumors of the super-storm's death have been greatly exaggerated, according to a team of engineers.
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NASA's Juno probe just discovered a Texas-sized cyclone on Jupiter
Scientists announced the discovery of the sixth storm in what's now a hexagonal array of cyclones surrounding a central tempest at Jupiter's south pole.
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NASA's Juno corrects a 25-year-old misconception about Jupiter
The gas giant's atmosphere contains way more water than scientists previously thought.
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Surprise! There's more water on Jupiter than anyone thought
Jupiter appears to have more water than anyone expected.
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Study defies claims that Jupiter's Great Red Spot may be dying
This storm is thick.
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Scientists obtain 'lucky' image of Jupiter
The Hawaii-based Gemini telescope produces a super-sharp picture of the gas giant in the infrared.
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Scientists have revealed the clearest ever image of Jupiter
The crystal clear image of Jupiter exists thanks to NASA's Hubble telescope alongside the Juno space probe orbiting the planet, and it is a vision.
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Jupiter could have easily become a star, and Earth would have been doomed
The massive gas giant Jupiter could have potentially become a star in the earliest days of the solar system.
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Freaky ‘Active’ Object in Jupiter’s Orbit Is First of Its Kind Seen by Astronomers
It’s neither an asteroid nor a comet but something in between. It’s also parked within Jupiter’s orbit, making this object the first of its kind to ever be detected. Say hello to 2019 LD2, the only active Jupiter Trojan known to science. Trojans are a large group of asteroids located in the same orbital path as Jupiter, and they’re all dead, inert asteroids – well, except apparently this one, which now boasts a very comet-like tail, according to a press release put out by the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy.
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What has the Juno spacecraft taught us about Jupiter?
Over the past four years, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has slowly been coaxing the king of all the planets to reveal its deepest secrets.
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NASA Jupiter probe images huge moon Ganymede like never before (photos)
The data show that powerful radiation has transformed Ganymede's polar regions.
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Jupiter's ocean moons raise tides on each other
Jupiter's "ocean world" moons may have strong gravitational effects on each other, raising big tides in each others' subsurface seas, a new study suggests. Surprisingly, these moon-moon tidal forces might generate more heat in the satellites' oceans than the gravitational tugs of giant Jupiter, study team members found.
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Mysterious ‘elves’ and ‘sprites’ seen in Jupiter’s atmosphere
Strange “sprites” or “elves” have been seen on Jupiter from Nasa’s Juno mission. The supernaturally-named phenomena refer to transient luminous events – bright, unpredictable, and bizzaire flashes of light. It is the first time such events have ever been seen on another world, Nasa says. The lights on the solar system’s largest planets were predicted by scientists, who thought that they would be observed in Jupiter’s liquid-like atmosphere.
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