Jupiter System
Jupiter System: Get the updated news on Origins of Jupiter, Juno Mission, Explosions of Jupiter’s aurora, Triple-Moon Conjunction, Jupiter Moon’s surface, Global Map of Ganymede, Jupiter’s Red Spot and much more….
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Feb 18, 2014Using images from NASA’s Voyager Mission (1979) and the orbital Galileo Mission (1995), researchers have created the first global geological map of Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede. -
Dec 3, 2013A new study explains why Jupiter's Giant Red Spot exists today, even though fluid dynamics suggest that it should have faded centuries ago. -
Aug 27, 2013New observations of Io have revealed a massive volcanic eruption on the Jovian moon. -
Apr 9, 2013A new study shows that volcanic activity on Jupiter's moon Io is not where models predicted it would be. The study provides new insight into the processes behind tidal heating. -
Mar 8, 2013A new theoretical model is providing clues to how the gas giant planets in our solar system -- Jupiter and Saturn -- might have formed and evolved. -
Feb 24, 2013The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, JUICE, will carry a total of 11 scientific experiments to study the gas giant planet and its large ocean-bearing moons. -
Oct 23, 2012Using a combination of Earth-based telescopic surveys and archival data, a team of researchers has gathered nearly 40 snapshots of volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's 'volcanic wonderland' moon, Io. -
Sep 14, 2012An amateur astronomer reported the visual detection of a fireball on Jupiter at 11:35 UT on September 10 2012. -
Jun 12, 2012A new study finds that the heat that powers Io's volcanoes comes from a complex, multi-layer source. -
Jun 8, 2012Astronomers have discovered two new moons orbiting Jupiter.
