Tag: jupiter

Megalodon’s body size and form uncover why certain aquatic vertebrates can achieve gigantism

PALEONTOLOGY
A new study provides many new insights into the biology of the prehistoric gigantic shark megalodon (megatooth shark), which lived nearly worldwide 15–3.6 million years ago. Paleobiology professor Kenshu Shimada of DePaul University led the study...

Watch the moon turn red during a total lunar eclipse in March

ASTRONOMY
A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere. The best views will be from North America and South America. Parts of Africa and Europe may catch a...

Jupiter’s moon Europa produces less oxygen than we thought—it may affect our chances of finding life there

ASTRONOMY
Jupiter's icy moon Europa has long been thought of as one of the most habitable worlds in the Solar System. Now the Juno mission...

A Jupiter-sized planet has been hiding a big secret: A 350,000-mile-long tail

ASTRONOMY
WASP-69b is having a hot girl summer that never ends. The huge gaseous exoplanet, roughly the size of Jupiter and approximately 160 light years...

NASA’s Juno to get close look at Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io on Dec. 30

ASTRONOMY
NASA's Juno spacecraft will on Saturday, Dec. 30, make the closest flyby of Jupiter's moon Io that any spacecraft has made in over 20...

Hidden ocean the source of carbon dioxide on Jupiter moon: Research

ASTRONOMY
Carbon dioxide detected on Jupiter's moon Europa comes from the vast ocean beneath its icy shell, research using James Webb Space Telescope data indicated...

Search for alien life extends to Jupiter’s icy moons

ASTRONOMY
Could vast, long-hidden oceans be teeming with alien life in our very own Solar System? A new chapter in humanity's search for extraterrestrial life opens...

First 3D renders from JunoCam data reveal ‘frosted cupcake’ clouds on Jupiter

ASTRONOMY
Animations of the relative heights of the cloud tops of Jupiter reveal delicately textured swirls and peaks that resemble the frosting on top of...

Jupiter missions could also help search for dark matter

ASTRONOMY
In a recent study published in the Journal of High Energy Physics, two researchers from Brown University demonstrated how data from past missions to...

NASA releases Webb images of Jupiter

ASTRONOMY
On the heels of Tuesday's release of the first images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, data from the telescope's commissioning period is now...

How you can help scientists study the atmosphere on Jupiter

ASTRONOMY
A new citizen science project, led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with support from NASA, allows volunteers to play an...

Scientists map sulfur residue on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa

ASTRONOMY
A Southwest Research Institute-led team used the Hubble Space Telescope to observe Jupiter's moon, Europa, at ultraviolet wavelengths, filling in a "gap" in the...

Venus and Jupiter to get hearts racing with celestial ‘kiss’

ASTRONOMY
Early risers are in for a celestial treat this weekend when four planets in our solar system align in the sky, culminating in a...

Water on Jupiter’s moon closer to surface than thought

ASTRONOMY
Ridges that criss-cross the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa indicate there are shallow pockets of water beneath, boosting hopes in the search for...
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