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Jupiter Was Formerly Twice Its Current Size and Had a Much Stronger Magnetic Field Pasadena CA (JPL) May 22, 2025  Understanding Jupiter's early evolution helps illuminate the broader story of how our solar system developed its distinct structure. Jupiter's gravity, often called the "architect" of our solar syst ... more |
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SwRI Gathers First Ultraviolet Data from NASA's Europa Clipper Mission Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2025  The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA's Europa Clipper, developed by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), has completed its initial commissioning phase following the spacecraft's Octobe ... more |
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Webb Uncovers New Mysteries in Jupiter's Aurora Paris, France (SPX) May 13, 2025  The James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration between NASA, ESA, and CSA, has provided fresh insights into the intense auroras that dance around Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System. Th ... more |
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Juno reveals subsurface secrets of Jupiter and Io Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 02, 2025  NASA's Juno mission has delivered unprecedented insights into the subsurface dynamics of both Jupiter and its volcanic moon, Io. The spacecraft's latest observations have unveiled the temperature st ... more |
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Planetary Alignment Provides NASA Rare Opportunity to Study Uranus Hampton VA (SPX) Apr 23, 2025  When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an opportunity for NASA to improve its understanding of that planet's atmos ... more |
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On Jupiter, it's mushballs all the way down Berkeley CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2025 Imagine a Slushee composed of ammonia and water encased in a hard shell of water ice. Now picture these ice-encrusted slushballs, dubbed "mushballs," raining down like hailstones during a thundersto ... more |
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20 years of Hubble data reveals evolving weather patterns on Uranus Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025  The ice giant Uranus, known for its peculiar sideways rotation, has revealed new atmospheric secrets thanks to a 20-year observational campaign using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Through precise i ... more |
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NASA's Hubble Telescope May Have Uncovered a Triple System in the Kuiper Belt Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 10, 2025  A team of astronomers analyzing data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii has likely discovered a rare three-body system in the Kuiper Belt. If confirmed, this ... more |
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NASA's Europa Clipper Leverages Mars for Critical Gravity Assist Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025  On March 1, NASA's Europa Clipper will execute a close flyby of Mars, passing just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the planet's surface. This maneuver, known as a gravity assist, will adjust the sp ... more |
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Oort cloud resembles a galaxy, new study finds Washington DC (UPI) Feb 23, 2025  A shell of icy objects at the edge of the solar system known as the Oort cloud has a pair of spiral arms that resemble a miniature galaxy, new research suggests. ... more |