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Contest: Pick names for Jupiter's new moons!

Phil Plait

Mar 21, 2019

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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

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Could the reason life on Earth exists be… Jupiter?

Elizabeth Rayne

Aug 22, 2018

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NASA image of Jupiter

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A dozen new moons for Jupiter!

Phil Plait

Jul 18, 2018

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A collage of Jupiter and its four biggest moons, imaged by Voyager 1. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Tag: Bad Astronomy

Well, he *is* the god of lightning

Phil Plait

Jun 25, 2018

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Artwork depicting vast numbers of lightning bolts near Jupiter’s pole. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/JunoCam

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

So, about that 'interstellar asteroid' announced yesterday…

Phil Plait

May 22, 2018

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Eros, a lumpy potato of an asteroid, is pretty typical of such solar system objects. Credit: NASA

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Did the Galileo spacecraft pass through a geyser plume over Europa? Maaaaaybe.

Phil Plait

May 15, 2018

2

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Fly over Jupiter's north pole in a 3D thermal infrared tour

Phil Plait

Apr 12, 2018

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Jupiter’s north pole looks like a thick cheesy pizza in this 3D rendering of the clouds using a thermal infrared mapper on the Juno spacecraft (deeper air is warmer and glows more brightly than cooler air higher up).

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Tag: Bad Astronomy

Turn south at Jupiter

Phil Plait

Apr 6, 2018

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The Great Red Spot looms in this Juno image of Jupiter. Credit: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Seán Doran

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Tag: Bad Astronomy

Whoa, like, Jupiter is DEEP. Really, really deep.

Phil Plait

Mar 9, 2018

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Juno thermal infrared data of Jupiter’s south pole has five huge cyclones surrounding a central polar cyclone. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

An asteroid is about to embark on a very long voyage to interstellar space

Phil Plait

Mar 6, 2018

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Artwork of a distant asteroid on its way in toward the inner solar system. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Star Stuff: Jupiter was born ready for its Junocam close ups

Summer Ash

Jan 4, 2018

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Diving into Jupiter's Great Red Spot

Phil Plait

Dec 12, 2017

2

Jupiter Great Red Spot

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Tag: Bad Astronomy

Magnificent chaos reigns at Jupiter's poles

Phil Plait

Nov 10, 2017

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High-latitude clouds swirl and rage in this image taken from 19,000 km above Jupiter’s northern latitudes. Credit: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Seán Doran

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Tag: Bad Astronomy

Phil Plait

Oct 9, 2017

5

A storm called NN-LRS-1 in Jupiter's northern latitudes, spotted by Juno in July 2017. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Seán Doran

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Believe it or not, these planetary pictures were taken from Earth!

Phil Plait

Jul 26, 2017

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Jupiter and Ganymede

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