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Where Were Jupiter and Saturn Born?

Oct. 29, 2020 — New work reveals the likely original locations of Saturn and Jupiter. These findings refine our understanding of the forces that determined our Solar System's unusual ...

Juno Data Indicates 'Sprites' or 'Elves' Frolic in Jupiter's Atmosphere

Oct. 28, 2020 — An instrument on NASA's Juno mission spacecraft may have detected transient luminous events -- bright flashes of light in the gas giant's upper ...

Stars and Planets Grow Up Together as Siblings

Oct. 23, 2020 — ALMA shows rings around the still-growing proto-star IRS ...

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ALMA Shows Volcanic Impact on Io's Atmosphere

Oct. 21, 2020 — New radio images from ALMA show for the first time the direct effect of volcanic activity on the atmosphere of Jupiter's ...

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Venus Might Be Habitable Today, If Not for Jupiter

Sep. 30, 2020 — Venus might not be a sweltering, waterless hellscape today, if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit around the sun, according to new ...

Solving the Strange Storms on Jupiter

Sep. 24, 2020 — Geometric storm patterns on Jupiter's south pole have been a mystery to scientists, but researchers may have uncovered how they ...

Hubble Captures Crisp New Portrait of Jupiter's Storms

Sep. 17, 2020 — Hubble's sharp view is giving researchers an updated weather report on the monster planet's turbulent atmosphere, including a remarkable new storm brewing, and a cousin of the famous Great Red Spot ...

A Warm Jupiter Orbiting a Cool Star

Sep. 14, 2020 — A planet observed crossing in front of, or transiting, a low-mass star has been determined to be about the size of ...

Jupiter's Moons Could Be Warming Each Other

Sep. 10, 2020 — The gravitational push and pull by Jupiter's moons could account for more warming than the gas giant Jupiter ...

Meteorites Show Transport of Material in Early Solar System

Sep. 8, 2020 — New studies of a rare type of meteorite show that material from close to the Sun reached the outer solar system even as the planet Jupiter cleared a gap in the disk of dust and gas from which the ...

The Most Sensitive Instrument in the Search for Life Beyond Earth

Aug. 19, 2020 — Researchers have developed the highly sensitive ORIGIN instrument, which can provide proof of the smallest amounts of traces of life, for future space missions. The instrument may be used on missions ...

Huge Ring-Like Structure on Ganymede's Surface May Have Been Caused by Violent Impact

Aug. 7, 2020 — Image data reanalysis has revealed that ancient tectonic troughs are concentrically distributed across almost the entire surface of Jupiter's moon ...

Ammonia-Rich Hail Sheds New Light on Jupiter's Weather

Aug. 5, 2020 — New Juno results suggest that the violent thunderstorms taking place in Jupiter's atmosphere may form ammonia-rich hail, or 'mushballs', that play a key role in the planet's atmospheric ...

Ammonia Sparks Unexpected, Exotic Lightning on Jupiter

Aug. 5, 2020 — NASA's Juno spacecraft -- orbiting and closely observing the planet Jupiter -- has unexpectedly discovered lightning in the planet's upper atmosphere, according to a multi-institutional ...