Jupiter's auroras captured by NASA's Hubble space telescope
8 years, 8 months ago

Jupiter's auroras captured by NASA's Hubble space telescope

ABC  

Earth isn't the only planet to have shimmering auroras — and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured Jupiter's in action. The images show the same phenomenon that occurs on Earth — the light waves produced by the interaction of the planet's magnetic fields with its atmosphere. On Earth, auroras are produced by powerful plasma storms of highly charged particles from the Sun that slam into the Earth at 6.4 million kilometres per hour, causing the planet's magnetic field to vibrate like jelly. The video of Jupiter's auroras was captured on May 19, but image of Jupiter itself in the video was taken at a different time by Hubble's Outer Planet Atmosphere Legacy program, a long-term project that captures global maps of the outer planets each year.

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Rare picture shows Jupiter surrounded by mysterious lumps invisible to telescopes
2 months ago

Rare picture shows Jupiter surrounded by mysterious lumps invisible to telescopes

India Today  

In a rare first-of-its-kind image, Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system is seen surrounded by colossal clouds of X-rays that have so far remained invisible to the eyes and even telescopes. Some of these lumps are even larger than the planet itself.⁣ The latest picture, shared by Nasa on the social media platform Instagram, shows Jupiter in stunning …

New spots discovered on Jupiter's poles can fit Earth inside them
3 months, 3 weeks ago

New spots discovered on Jupiter's poles can fit Earth inside them

India Today  

Astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley have made a new discovery on Jupiter, revealing the presence of Earth-sized dark ovals at the planet's poles just as the Great Red Spot. The dark ovals, embedded in stratospheric haze layers capping Jupiter's poles, are typically found just below the planet's auroral zones. His analysis revealed eight southern UV-dark ovals between 1994 …

Juno captures hundreds of cyclonic storms raging on Jupiter for decades
8 months ago

Juno captures hundreds of cyclonic storms raging on Jupiter for decades

India Today  

During its 61st close flyby of Jupiter on May 12, 2024, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a stunning colour-enhanced view of the giant planet’s northern hemisphere. The raw data for this image was collected by the JunoCam instrument when the spacecraft was approximately 18,000 miles above Jupiter’s cloud tops, at a latitude of about 68 degrees north of the equator. Eason …

Jupiter is in stormy weather. They are big enough to swallow Earth
1 year ago

Jupiter is in stormy weather. They are big enough to swallow Earth

India Today  

The Hubble Space Telescope has looked at Jupiter and the pictures reveal a world battered by some of the most powerful storms. The spacecraft captured the Great Red Spot, a perpetual storm, that is so big it could swallow Earth, and the Red Spot Jr, a feature at a more southerly latitude on the planet. Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope imaged …

NASA shares never-before-seen images of Jupiter's lava-covered moon, Io
1 year, 5 months ago

NASA shares never-before-seen images of Jupiter's lava-covered moon, Io

ABC  

NASA has released detailed images of Io, one of about 90 moons revolving around Jupiter, using the space agency's Juno probe. Images taken with NASA's Juno probe show Io in the bottom left and Jupiter in the top right of the image. Never-before-seen feature discovered in Jupiter's atmosphere NASA has been particularly interested in the biggest planet in our solar …

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Captures Mysterious Lightning Glow On Jupiter
1 year, 9 months ago

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Captures Mysterious Lightning Glow On Jupiter

Hindustan Times  

One of NASA’s spacecraft caught a strange and surreal lightning glow inside a swirling vortex on Jupiter. Juno Spacecraft captured a strange green lightning on Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. In 2016, the Juno spacecraft was dispatched to observe Jupiter and its moons, capturing its 31st close flyby of the gas giant on 30th December …

NASA spacecraft documents how Jupiter's lightning resembles Earth's
1 year, 9 months ago

NASA spacecraft documents how Jupiter's lightning resembles Earth's

The Hindu  

Hidden below the brownish ammonia clouds blanketing Jupiter are clouds that like on Earth are made of water. And like on Earth, lightning often is generated within these clouds - an eerie sight spotted by various spacecraft that have visited our solar system's largest planet, including NASA's Juno probe. Data obtained by Juno is providing fresh information on how the …

NASA's Juno probe snaps a stunning photo of Jupiter revealing the planet's true colours
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA's Juno probe snaps a stunning photo of Jupiter revealing the planet's true colours

Daily Mail  

A NASA probe has captured stunning new images of Jupiter that show the gas giant in its 'true colours'. The Juno spacecraft observed the complex colours and swirling patterns of Jupiter's clouds as it completed its 43rd close flyby on July 5 2022 An approximately true colour and contrast image of Jupiter processed by Björn Jónsson from the PJ44_46 raw …

NASA's Webb telescope captures Jupiter's faint rings, Great Red Spot
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA's Webb telescope captures Jupiter's faint rings, Great Red Spot

India TV News  

Highlights Jupiter has a lot going on with giant storms, powerful winds, auroras and extreme temperature Auroras extend to high altitudes above both the northern and southern poles of Jupiter The auroras shine in a filter that is mapped to redder colours NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured new stunning images of Jupiter that will give scientists even more …

New James Webb space telescope shows Jupiter’s auroras, tiny moons
2 years, 6 months ago

New James Webb space telescope shows Jupiter’s auroras, tiny moons

The Hindu  

The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. The James Webb Space Telescope took the photos in July, capturing unprecedented views of Jupiter’s northern and southern lights, and swirling polar haze. Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a storm big enough to swallow Earth, stands out brightly alongside countless smaller storms. NASA and the …

New space telescope shows Jupiter’s auroras, tiny moons
2 years, 7 months ago

New space telescope shows Jupiter’s auroras, tiny moons

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. The James Webb Space Telescope took the photos in July, capturing unprecedented views of Jupiter’s northern and southern lights, and swirling polar haze. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a storm big enough to swallow Earth, stands out brightly alongside countless smaller …

New space telescope shows Jupiter's auroras, tiny moons
2 years, 7 months ago

New space telescope shows Jupiter's auroras, tiny moons

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world’s newest and biggest …

Jupiter’s auroras shine in new images from James Webb Space Telescope
2 years, 7 months ago

Jupiter’s auroras shine in new images from James Webb Space Telescope

LA Times  

This false color composite image of Jupiter was obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 27, 2022. The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is seeing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. The James Webb Space Telescope took the photos in late July, capturing unprecedented views of Jupiter’s northern and southern lights, and swirling polar haze. NASA …

Saturn's High-altitude Winds Can Create Extraordinary Planetary Aurorae, Finds Study
3 years, 1 month ago

Saturn's High-altitude Winds Can Create Extraordinary Planetary Aurorae, Finds Study

News 18  

Among all the planets in our solar system, Saturn has always attracted scientists’ attention for its unique appearance and immense size. The study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, has found how Saturn is unique among planets in the solar system since some of its aurorae are generated by swirling winds within its own atmosphere, and not just from the planet’s …

Jupiter visible tonight: The best time to see the planet at opposition
3 years, 7 months ago

Jupiter visible tonight: The best time to see the planet at opposition

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jupiter is set to be in opposition, with the largest planet in our …

Question Corner | What makes Jupiter so hot?
3 years, 7 months ago

Question Corner | What makes Jupiter so hot?

The Hindu  

An international team of researchers has found the mechanism behind Jupiter’s atmospheric heating. Using data from the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, the researchers created the most-detailed yet global heat map of the planet’s upper atmosphere and confirmed that Jupiter’s powerful aurorae are responsible for heating the planet. Using the Keck telescope, the researchers found that temperatures start very high within …

Scientists solve the 40 year-old mystery behind Jupiter’s massive X-ray blasts
3 years, 8 months ago

Scientists solve the 40 year-old mystery behind Jupiter’s massive X-ray blasts

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a new study, researchers were able to observe Jupiter using Nasa’s Juno satellite, as well as …

Jupiter's 'northern lights' are powered by giant waves
3 years, 8 months ago

Jupiter's 'northern lights' are powered by giant waves

ABC  

Jupiter's auroras are the most powerful in the solar system, producing enough energy to briefly power all of human civilisation. Key points: Jupiter produces powerful x-ray auroras at its poles For decades, scientists have been puzzled about how these auroras are produced A new study has found that vibrations in the planet's massive magnetic field play a key role in …

NASA's Hubble Shares Photos of Jupiter's Auroras, Taken Over 23 Years Ago
4 years, 2 months ago

NASA's Hubble Shares Photos of Jupiter's Auroras, Taken Over 23 Years Ago

News 18  

Watching auroras on Earth seemed to have become too common, it seems. Maybe, that is the reason why the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Hubble Telescope shared a breathtaking picture of how auroras look on Jupiter. Throwing it way back to 23 years ago on Thursday, NASA’s Hubble telescope shared pictures of Jupiter auroras that were captured in 1998. In …

Halloween Spirit? NASA’s Juno Mission Captures Bizarre Flashes of Light on Jupiter
4 years, 4 months ago

Halloween Spirit? NASA’s Juno Mission Captures Bizarre Flashes of Light on Jupiter

News 18  

With sightings of Sprites and Elves, it seems like even Jupiter is participating in Halloween this year. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ’s Juno mission has detected blue Sprites and Elves in the atmosphere of the solar system’s largest planet. However, this is the first time these unpredictable and extremely brief flashes of light, scientifically known as transient luminous events, …

NASA sent Juno to Jupiter in 2011. It got back works of art
6 years, 3 months ago

NASA sent Juno to Jupiter in 2011. It got back works of art

CNN  

CNN — NASA sent the spacecraft Juno to Jupiter in 2011. A south tropical disturbance has just passed Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot and reflects its orange haze from in these series of color-enhanced images from NASA. “The general theme of our discoveries is really how different Jupiter looked from how we expected,” said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator, from …

NASA shares stunning moonrise photo of Jupiter's moon Io captured by Juno spacecraft
6 years, 4 months ago

NASA shares stunning moonrise photo of Jupiter's moon Io captured by Juno spacecraft

India Today  

NASA has unveiled a stunning image of Jupiter's moon Io rising off the gas giant's horizon, captured by the Juno spacecraft. Io rising: #Jupiter's volcanic moon rises just off the horizon of the gas giant planet in this new color-enhanced image https://t.co/hscGAxDBWo pic.twitter.com/kPXh57mkoR NASA's Juno Mission November 15, 2018 At the time, Juno was about 18,400 kilometers from the planet's …

Massive rogue planet with unexplained aurora glow discovered drifting far beyond our solar system
6 years, 7 months ago

Massive rogue planet with unexplained aurora glow discovered drifting far beyond our solar system

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This object is right at the boundary between a planet and a brown dwarf, or …

Strange ‘rogue planet’ travels through space alone
6 years, 7 months ago

Strange ‘rogue planet’ travels through space alone

CNN  

Story highlights A massive object with a powerful magnetic field has been detected beyond our solar system It has glowing auroras and drifts by itself in space CNN — A strange 200 million-year-old object with the mass of a planet has been discovered 20 light-years from Earth, outside our solar system. “This object is right at the boundary between a …

NASA'S JUNO MISSION TO JUPITER
7 years, 2 months ago

NASA'S JUNO MISSION TO JUPITER

Daily Mail  

The craft is expected to study the composition of the planet's atmosphere until 2025. Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' is changing colour: Earth-sized storm that could disappear completely in 20 years is glowing an intense orange Researchers at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, show that Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' is shrivelling at a rate of. Stunning image captured …

Jupiter glows like a jewel in these latest images sent by NASA’s Juno spacecraft
7 years, 2 months ago

Jupiter glows like a jewel in these latest images sent by NASA’s Juno spacecraft

India TV News  

The giant planet Jupiter, haunted by tumultuous gases, looked downright like a jewel in the sky in the latest images captured by US space agency NASA’s Juno spacecraft. "Each new orbit brings us closer to the heart of Jupiter's radiation belt, but so far the spacecraft has weathered the storm of electrons surrounding Jupiter better than we could have ever …

Probe peers into Jupiter's Great Red Spot
7 years, 8 months ago

Probe peers into Jupiter's Great Red Spot

China Daily  

NASA's Juno spacecraft in orbit above Jupiter's Great Red Spot is seen in this undated handout illustration obtained by Reuters July 11, 2017. LOS ANGELES - A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter began transmitting data and images on Tuesday from humanity's closest brush with the Great Red Spot, a flyby of the colossal, crimson storm that has fascinated Earthbound …

Jupiter: First data from Juno mission reveals massive cyclones and auroras
7 years, 9 months ago

Jupiter: First data from Juno mission reveals massive cyclones and auroras

ABC  

The first close-up glimpse of Jupiter's poles reveals massive cyclonic storms — some as large as 1,400 kilometres in diameter — and powerful auroras. "You wouldn't recognise it as Jupiter at all," said Dr Jack Connerney of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre, deputy principal investigator on the Juno mission, and lead author on one of the studies. Storms and powerful …

Jupiter’s mysteries: Juno mission first results, new images
7 years, 9 months ago

Jupiter’s mysteries: Juno mission first results, new images

CNN  

Story highlights First results from the Juno mission to Jupiter reveal giant cyclones and ammonia in the atmosphere Jupiter's magnetic field is 10 times that of Earth's and and twice as strong as anticipated CNN — Beneath its heavy cloud cover, Jupiter has been able to keep its secrets from astronomers. Jupiter from the poles doesn’t look anything like it …

Nasa's Juno probe releases spooky noises from Jupiter's auroras
8 years, 5 months ago

Nasa's Juno probe releases spooky noises from Jupiter's auroras

Daily Mail  

Eerie recordings captured by the Juno probe during its recent flyby Jupiter have been revealed. Radio emissions from Jupiter's intense auroras were snagged when the Juno spacecraft made its first orbital pass of the gas giant on August 27. Radio emissions from Jupiter's auroras were captured during the flyby The emissions were first discovered in the 1950s but had never …

Nasa to reveal ‘surprising’ activity on Jupiter’s moon Europa
8 years, 5 months ago

Nasa to reveal ‘surprising’ activity on Jupiter’s moon Europa

Live Mint  

Miami: There’s something going on beneath the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration teased a ‘surprising’ announcement for Monday, based on Hubble Space Telescope images of the celestial body, which many experts believe could contain a subsurface ocean, even possibly some form of life. The US space agency has already proclaimed that Europa has …

See Pic! NASA’s Juno sends back first spectacular image of Jupiter’s north pole
8 years, 6 months ago

See Pic! NASA’s Juno sends back first spectacular image of Jupiter’s north pole

India TV News  

NASA’s Juno sends back first spectacular image of Jupiter’s north pole NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter’s north pole, which show storm systems and weather activity unlike anything previously seen on any of our solar system’s gas-giant planets. The images were NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter’s north pole, which …

New images of Jupiter 'like nothing seen or imagined before'
8 years, 6 months ago

New images of Jupiter 'like nothing seen or imagined before'

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Jupiter's northern polar region is stormier than expected and appears bluer than the rest of …

Jupiter photos show unexpected weather activity at poles
8 years, 6 months ago

Jupiter photos show unexpected weather activity at poles

CNN  

Story highlights Close-ups of Jupiter's north pole show weather activity unlike anything scientists have seen on other gas giants Juno mission scientists have identified auroras, unexpected storm systems and even ghostly sounds on Jupiter CNN — Scientists have never explored Jupiter’s north pole – until now. NASA’s spacecraft Juno sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter’s north pole – photographs …

Juno reveals that Jupiter’s north pole is ‘like nothing we have seen or imagined’
8 years, 6 months ago

Juno reveals that Jupiter’s north pole is ‘like nothing we have seen or imagined’

LA Times  

Seen from a different angle, Jupiter looks like a whole new world. After flying within about 2,500 miles of the planet’s cloud tops on Aug. 27, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent home unprecedented images of Jupiter’s north pole, revealing a stormy fluid-scape that looks as if it could be on a totally different gas giant. “The north pole of Jupiter …

Jupiter 'puts on fireworks display' as space probe approaches planet
8 years, 8 months ago

Jupiter 'puts on fireworks display' as space probe approaches planet

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. British astronomer Dr Jonathan Nichols, from the University of Leicester, who heads the Hubble team …

NASA's Juno mission has reached Jupiter and here's why you should care
8 years, 8 months ago

NASA's Juno mission has reached Jupiter and here's why you should care

ABC  

For several years, a spacecraft the size of a tennis court has been hurtling towards Jupiter at a speed of 30 km per second. Cloaked in lethal clouds that hide its interior, and surrounded by the most dangerous radiation belt in the solar system, getting Juno in the right place at the right times to dissect Jupiter's innards — without …

On Jupiter, never-ending auroras seem to be ‘throwing a fireworks party’ for approaching NASA craft
8 years, 8 months ago

On Jupiter, never-ending auroras seem to be ‘throwing a fireworks party’ for approaching NASA craft

LA Times  

On Jupiter, Fourth of July fireworks last year-round. “It almost seems as if Jupiter is throwing a fireworks party for the imminent arrival of Juno.” See the most-read stories in Science this hour » NASA’s Juno spacecraft is on track to begin orbiting Jupiter on July 4. As Juno approaches Jupiter, it is collecting data on the solar wind, which …

The stunning video that reveals the dancing aurora of saturn revealed
11 years, 1 month ago

The stunning video that reveals the dancing aurora of saturn revealed

Daily Mail  

The stunning video that reveals the dancing red and purple auroras of Saturn Nasa video shows the northern auroras in unprecedented detail Hubble and Cassini images captured one of the most varied displays ever seen Gives astronomers new insight into giant planet's atmospheres Nasa has captured one of the most active aurora ever seen on Saturn. Scroll down for video …

Jupiter's Moon Helps Peek Below Planet's Belt
14 years, 1 month ago

Jupiter's Moon Helps Peek Below Planet's Belt

Wired  

Astronomers have a new view of the chaos brewing beneath Jupiter's cloud belt, thanks to some help from its icy moon Europa. This new image, captured Nov. 30, 2010 with the 10-meter Keck II telescope in Hawaii, shows heat escaping from Jupiter's interior, giving astronomers a peek into the roiling turmoil inside Jupiter's missing red stripe. Astronomers needed another tiny …

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