On July 4, NASA’s Juno probe finally reached Jupiter after a 1.8 billion-mile trip, but this week NASA confirmed that its JunoCam is fully operational and has just taken a first picture of the gas giant since the mission started 5 years ago. First high-resolution pictures will be taken and made public within several weeks. The probe’s camera was turned on about a week after it entered the gas … [Read more...]
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Diminished Like Never Before, Shrinks Huge
Jupiter's Great Red Spot has been captured at its smallest size to date. “Recent Hubble Space Telescope observations confirm that the Great Red Spot (GRS) is now approximately 10,250 miles across, the smallest diameter we’ve ever measured,” said Amy Simon of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Historic observations as far back as the late 1800s gauged the GRS to be as big as … [Read more...]
Scientists discover water on Jupiter-sized exoplanet
Scientists have detected water in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like planet outside our solar system, according to a latest study. The new plant is orbiting a nearby star using a novel technique. This new technique can help scientists learn about how many planets with water exist. The findings were published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, described how this new technique detected water … [Read more...]
