Europa is extra than simply one in every of Jupiter's many moons -- it is also one in every of most promising locations within the photo voltaic system to search for extraterrestrial life. Beneath 10 kilometers of ice is a liquid water ocean that might maintain life. However with floor ...

Astronomers have found bloated Jupiter-sized worlds which are so precariously near their dad or mum star they're being roasted at seething temperatures above three,000 levels Fahrenheit. That is sizzling sufficient to vaporize most metals, together with titanium. They've the most popular planetary atmospheres ever seen. Hubble astronomers are reporting on ...

Astronomers have obtained the clearest view but of the perpetual darkish facet of an exoplanet that's 'tidally locked' to its star. The planet is WASP-121b, an enormous gasoline large almost twice the dimensions of Jupiter.

New area analysis has revealed a posh 'tug-of-war' lights up aurorae in Jupiter's higher environment. The examine describes the fragile present cycle pushed by Jupiter’s fast rotation and the discharge of sulphur and oxygen from volcanoes on its moon, Io.

A brand new research of information captured in orbit round Jupiter has revealed new insights into what's taking place deep beneath the gasoline large's distinctive and colourful bands.

By combining Hubble Area Telescope observations with theoretical fashions, a staff of astronomers has gained insights into the chemical and bodily make-up of a wide range of exoplanets generally known as scorching Jupiters. The findings present a brand new and improved 'subject information' for this group of planets and inform ...

Researchers mixed close-up observations of Jupiter's atmosphere by NASA's satellite tv for pc Juno, which is at the moment orbiting the planet, with simultaneous X-ray measurements from the European House Company's XMM-Newton observatory (which is in Earth's personal orbit). The X-rays are a part of Jupiter's aurora -- bursts of ...

Jupiter's polar cap is threaded partly with closed magnetic area strains relatively than totally with open magnetic area strains, new analysis finds.

After touring a number of billion miles towards the Solar, a wayward younger comet-like object orbiting among the many large planets has discovered a brief parking place alongside the best way. The item has settled close to a household of captured historical asteroids, referred to as Trojans, which can be ...

A brand new mannequin exhibits how brine on Jupiter's moon Europa can migrate inside the icy shell to kind pockets of salty water that erupt to the floor when freezing. The findings, that are necessary for the upcoming Europa Clipper mission, might clarify cryovolcanic eruptions throughout icy our bodies within ...