Webb Telescope Reveals a High-Speed Jet on Jupiter
In July 2022, the Webb Space Telescope detected an intense jet shooting across the equator of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. The jet is traveling at about…
NASA’s Juno Reveals Hellish Landscape of Jupiter’s Moon Io in Latest Flyby
After years of capturing the massive world of Jupiter, the Juno spacecraft has recently turned its attention to its Jovian moons. During a close flyby of Jupiter’s spookiest moon, Juno…
Quasi-Planets Called JuMBOs Are Bopping Around in Space
A team of astronomers have detected over 500 planet-like objects in the inner Orion Nebula and the Trapezium Cluster that they believe could shake up the very definition of a…
Enormous Satellite Discovered to Outshine All but the 7 Brightest Stars
Late last year, a communications satellite unfurled its giant wings, stretching out a 693-square-foot (64-square-meter) antenna array in low Earth orbit. Once fully deployed, BlueWalker 3 became one of the…
Webb Telescope Spots Carbon on Jupiter’s Moon Europa, Boosting Prospects for Alien Life
The Webb Space Telescope has made its latest significant discovery: the observation of carbon dioxide coming from a part of Europa, the frozen moon orbiting Jupiter which harbors a salty…
Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io Looks Ominous in New Juno Image
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter for more than seven years, capturing some of the most iconic images of the planet’s swirling winds and tumultuous storms. In the most…
Ouch! Jupiter Just Got Smacked By an Unidentified Celestial Object
Jupiter’s south pole as captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/John Landino As the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter is not one to play with. That doesn’t stop…
Hubble, Webb Telescopes Team Up to Study Jupiter’s Tumultuous Volcanic Moon
Jupiter’s orbit is swarming with nearly 100 moons, but none are as hardcore as the volcanic world Io. That’s why it’s going to take an iconic collaboration to truly probe…
Webb Space Telescope Unlocks Secrets of Jupiter’s Moons
Two new studies associated with the James Webb Space Telescope’s Early Release Science program have been published, and both have to do with Jupiter’s moons, namely Ganymede and Io. Webb…
‘Mind Blowing’ Trojan Planet Suspected of Sharing the Same Orbit as Its Sibling
A group of radio telescopes in the Chilean desert was aimed at a young star system 400 light years away when it detected something unusual: a cloud of debris chasing…