jupiter planet facts - 25 matching articles

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  This star system could help us understand how baby planets grow up

  Scientists directly imaged two embryonic exoplanets 370 light-years away.

  ... times the mass of Jupiter. Combined, the two planets exert enough gravitational ... , and the fact that this pair of fledgling planets are still growing ...

  By Neel V. Patel
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  We're finally figuring out how Uranus ended up on its side

  New research provides some clues about our solar system's most mysterious planet.

  ... this ice giant is the fact that it is spinning on ... shape of most other planets like Earth or Jupiter. Scientists therefore suspect ...
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  This microscope could look for life on Jupiter's moon

  Shamu dreams of Europa.

  ... information about life on other planets. That quest starts with understanding ... , one-directional slog, I know it's Jupiter's moon Ganymede, slowing me down ...

  By Sarah Scoles
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  Why is the night sky dark?

  Looking at the stars takes you back through time. All the way to the beginning.

  ... When you look at a planet, star, or galaxy, you're also ... it emitted eight minutes ago. Jupiter appears as it was at ...

  By Charlie Wood
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  The outer solar system awaits—but getting there may not be as easy as we'd like

  We're under a time crunch.

  ... others far. Very far. In fact, some folks are hoping for ... then from another planet. Each of those planets aligns with Jupiter in a ...

  By John Wenz
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  Two NASA spacecraft died in one week—and there's a connection

  Kepler and Dawn guzzled through their precious gas for similar reasons.

  ... Ceres, halfway between Mars and Jupiter. It fired its thrusters gently ... solar array whenever the dwarf planet's gravity caused one to dip. ...

  By Charlie Wood
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  Being a heavyweight isn't enough to turn a brown dwarf into a star

  Now astronomers want to know: what makes a star a star?

  ... other isn't far behind. In fact, they're the two highest mass ... 75 times that of Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System. ...

  By John Wenz
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  Here's what we had to say about Voyager 1 when it launched 41 years ago

  From the Popular Science archives.

  ... : See image below) Voyager, in fact, could become the long-awaited Grand ... Jupiter visitors should be striking. Pioneers 10 and 11, examining the planet ...
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  You have questions about the Perseid meteor shower. We have answers.

  Shower your friends with meteor facts.

  ... than others? Remember we mentioned Jupiter's effect above? While Swift-Tuttle generally ... a little bit by larger planets like Jupiter, putting it on a ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  In a shocking turn of events, lightning strikes on Jupiter look a lot like our own

  The lightning struck more than twice.

  ... attenuate heat transfer throughout the planet. “It's thought that lightning originates ... majority of lightning. Lightning on Jupiter, in fact, is actually absent at ...

  By Neel V. Patel
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  These massive, mysterious storms on Jupiter look totally surreal

  Plus: new insights into the planet's interior.

  ... in the solar system." The fact that the cyclones are arranged ... of our own planet's mass. We first visited Jupiter back in the ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  Nuclear reactors the size of wastebaskets could power our Martian settlements

  Small, but mighty.

  ... , easy to operate, and in fact can control itself," he says ... another planet like Pluto or one of the moons of Jupiter. The ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  Now's your chance to get NASA to send your tweet into interstellar space

  No pressure

  ... primary missions had them studying Jupiter and Saturn. Today, they're the ... best ice breaker on the planet for the rest of your ...

  By Rachel Feltman
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  This distant planet is hotter than many stars

  So hot right now.

  ... the planet (which is almost three times the size of Jupiter, but ... period, near-polar orbit and the fact that its host star is ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  Dazzling light show spotted on Uranus

  Your aurora is showing

  ... well: some aurora flare-ups on Jupiter are likely caused by violent ... verdict was summarized thusly: Giant planet science unlikely. Instead of taking ...

  By Rachel Feltman
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  The dwarf planet Ceres may be capable of supporting life

  Dawn spacecraft discovers organic materials on its surface

  ... dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The findings ... Today's findings, combined with the fact that Ceres has abundant water ...

  By Sarah Fecht
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  On Ceres, water ice survives just below the surface, and in the darkest craters

  Water, water, everywhere (but especially around the poles)

  ... asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It's an icy mud ball ... has been orbiting the former planet since 2015, scientists have identified ...

  By Sarah Fecht
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  Why You Should Be Really Excited That Juno is at Jupiter

  ... of science fiction to science fact, though planetary science came later. ... zones at the planet's poles, and confirmed that Jupiter does have very ...

  By Amy Shira Teitel
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  Meet The Amazing Women Who Launched America's First Rockets

  Rise Of The Rocket Girls gives the untold story of the women behind the space race

  ... alignment was perfect for exploring Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Just ... at the Grand Tour. The planets wouldn't align like this again ...
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  10 easy ways you can tell for yourself that the Earth is not flat

  The evidence is right in front of you.

  ... , you could notice two interesting facts about planes and the Earth ... observation also showed that the planets (Jupiter, Neptune, and later Venus was ...
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  Huge, Alien-Hunting Telescope Could Become Hubble's Successor

  Introducing the High-Definition Space Telescope

  ... objects than ever before, including planets and faint stars. Here in ... as Manhattan in orbit around Jupiter, and give us a view ...

  By Sarah Fecht
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  Pluto And Ceres May Become Planets Again Soon

  This year's missions to the outer solar system are set to shake up the planetary family tree

  ... and Jupiter. When discovered, Ceres was immediately recognized as a planet, the ... frozen lakes. Ceres may, in fact, have as much fresh water ...
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  Inside The 'Europa Clipper' Mission That NASA Is Planning To Send Past Jupiter

  Jupiter's moon is the best candidate for finding extraterrestrial life; here's how we're going to get there

  ... —notably, its constant radiation bath. Jupiter bombards Europa with intense radiation ... could be just what the planet needs to trigger the energy ...

  By Loren Grush
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  We're About To Visit A Tiny Planet In The Asteroid Belt For The First Time

  The Dawn spacecraft arrives at Ceres this March, and it could be the most surprising space mission in decades

  ... between Mars and Jupiter. Bode's law predicted a planet should be there ... Ceres vastly outnumber Earth. In fact, they're the most common types ...

  By Sarah Fecht