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Could the reason life on Earth exists be… Jupiter?
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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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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
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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
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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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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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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
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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
Jan 4, 2018
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Diving into Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Phil Plait
Dec 12, 2017
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Jupiter Great Red Spot
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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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Jovian chaos
Phil Plait
Oct 9, 2017
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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
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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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The Great. Red. Spot.
Phil Plait
Jul 14, 2017
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Jupiter Great Red Spot
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