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'Everything about Jupiter is extreme:' NASA learns more about gas giant, its volcanic moon
NASA scientists have sought to understand planet Jupiter, the gas giant whose mass is more than the rest of the planets in ...
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Jupiter's Colorful Transformation: Cosmic Secrets Unveiled!
Ever seen a planet change its outfit? Jupiter does it every five years! Discover the science behind this celestial chameleon ...
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Our moon may have once been as hellish as Jupiter's super volcanic moon Io
At the time, the Earth would have been far closer to the moon than it is today, making it perhaps twice as large in the lunar ...
NASA’s Juno Exposes Sizzling Lava Lakes Beneath Io and Cyclonic Chaos on Jupiter
Juno’s latest discoveries have pulled back the veil on Jupiter’s harsh atmosphere and the fiery volcanic world of Io. The ...
Moon to make closest jump over Jupiter for the year in night sky
A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the ...
Webb confirms the coldest planet ever found. It's orbiting a white dwarf
In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which ...
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Juno reveals dancing cyclones on Jupiter and magma on its fiery moon
Juno sheds light on Jupiter’s polar storms and Io’s hidden lava, offering insights at two of the solar system’s most extreme ...
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Cloudy with a chance of mushballs: Jupiter's monster storms include softball size hailstones made of ammonia
Large hailstones made of ammonia may explain why the gas is missing from large pockets of Jupiter's atmosphere.
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'Everything about Jupiter is extreme:' NASA learns more about gas giant, its volcanic moon
The findings, which come after Juno has flown close to the planet to peer under its cloud-covered atmosphere, shed light on Jupiter's fierce winds and violent cyclones. On the fiery Io ...