Expect ‘extraordinary’ views of Jupiter tonight, says NASA
Stargazers, get excited. Tonight Jupiter will be the closest it has been to Earth in almost six decades, creating a once-in-a-lifetime viewing opportunity.
Stargazers, get excited. Tonight Jupiter will be the closest it has been to Earth in almost six decades, creating a once-in-a-lifetime viewing opportunity.
In an extremely rare event, Australians will be able to see five planets in the sky at the same time – with the naked eye.
The bright string of lights in the morning sky this month is thought to be a one-in-1000-year event. Australia’s astronomer at large, Professor Fred Watson, explains why and where you can watch it.
Jupiter and Saturn meet in the sky for a great conjunction approximately once every 20 years at varying distances and we get to see that on December 21st.
The first results from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter have revealed fascinating new insights into our Solar System’s biggest planet, including Earth-sized cyclones and powerful aurorae.
JunoCam has captured the highest resolution image of a turbulent Jupiter cloudscape ever taken.
New research suggests that a storm on Jupiter may be helping heat the planet to degrees upwards of 500ºC.
This is the first in-orbit view from JunoCam, taken when NASA’s Juno spacecraft was 4.3 million kilometres from Jupiter.
Juno’s visit to Jupiter promises to pick up on many of the unsolved mysteries that still remain in understanding of the Jovian system.
New NASA modelling published this week suggests the ocean of Jupiter’s moon Europa may have the right balance of ‘chemical energy’ for life.