jupiter

Related tags

Now we have even more hints at Europa’s alien subsurface ocean

Elizabeth Rayne

May 15, 2020

NASA image of the view of Europa from Jupiter

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Jaw-dropping images of Jupiter from ground and space display its massive storms

Phil Plait

May 8, 2020

Jupiter in thermal infrared light; bright regions are clear air where heat from inside the planet can leak out, while darker regions are where clouds block that heat.

Tag: Bad Astronomy

This planet is so scorching that metals actually vaporize into the atmosphere

Elizabeth Rayne

Apr 24, 2020

NASA releases stunning Juno image starring the hypnotic swirls of Jupiter

Jeff Spry

Apr 8, 2020

Fascinating new NASA mission concepts will make you want them all to launch

Elizabeth Rayne

Feb 17, 2020

NASA image of Jupiter and Io

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Countdown: Top Ten ALMA observations of 2019

Phil Plait

Dec 27, 2019

Some of the dishes comprising ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in the high desert plain of Chile. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, companion galaxies to the Milky Way, can be seen above them. Credit: ESO/ C. Malin

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Jupiter is still *really* weird: A new monster storm has formed around its south pole

Phil Plait

Dec 16, 2019

A thermal infrared image of Jupiter’s south pole in November 2019 reveals six cyclones surrounding a central cyclone; just two years before there were only five (the new one is to the lower right). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

New observations hint that Jupiter’s moon Europa erupts with water geysers (corrected)

Phil Plait

Nov 19, 2019

Artist’s concept of a plume of water erupting from under the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Credit: NASA/ESA/K. Retherford/SWRI

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

A JUICE-y look at Jupiter from Earth

Phil Plait

Sep 3, 2019

An image of Jupiter and its four big moons taken from Earth by the NavCam on the Jupiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE), set to launch in 2022. Credit: Airbus Defence and Space

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

As a Jupiter storm erupts, ALMA peers below its clouds

Phil Plait

Aug 27, 2019

An image of Jupiter taken at different wavelengths by ALMA shows that the planet’s zones (bright) are warmer and belts (darker) cooler. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), I. de Pater et al.; NRAO/AUI NSF, S. Dagnello

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Was Jupiter's core nearly destroyed by a massive planetary impact while it was still forming?

Phil Plait

Aug 15, 2019

Artwork showing a massive planet impacting the protoJupiter while the solar system was still forming. Credit: K. Suda & Y. Akimoto/Mabuchi Design Office, courtesy of Astrobiology Center, Japan

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Jupiter from Hubble: Enormous, magnificent, and… fading at the edge?

Phil Plait

Aug 9, 2019

Jupiter on June 27, 2019 as seen by Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley)

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

The salty ocean of Europa: Table salt found on Jupiter's moon

Phil Plait

Jun 13, 2019

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Contest: Pick names for Jupiter's new moons!

Phil Plait

Mar 21, 2019

Orbits of twelve new moons found for Jupiter (not to scale). Some orbit the same way Jupiter spins (blue), and others the opposite way (red). Credit: Carnegie Institution for Science / Roberto Molar Candanosa

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Could the reason life on Earth exists be… Jupiter?

Elizabeth Rayne

Aug 22, 2018

NASA image of Jupiter

Close Search Return to SYFY homepage.

Your browser is out of date.

Update your browser for more security and the best experience on this site.

Close Browser Update Message