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Evidence Of Life Inside Jupiters Moon Europa
June 28, 2020 | EditorsJupiter’s moon Europa has been long viewed as a potential habitat for alien life beyond Earth. Now, a new research reveals that the subsurface ocean on Jupiter’s moon, hidden beneath the thick shell of ice, should be able to support life. Read More
Now We Know What is Beneath Jupiter Clouds
June 5, 2016 | Editors 3People have been captivated by the mighty gas giant Jupiter for centuries, with its powerful swirling clouds and the iconic glowering red eye… really interesting, but we’ve no idea what lies beneath those colorful cloud layers, until now! Read More
What If Earth Were A Moon Of Jupiter
April 28, 2016 | EditorsJupiter is a really big object, its the largest planet in our solar system, so big that 1321 Earth’s can fit into it. This gas giant has 67 moons — four large moons and dozens of smaller ones. Read More
Did Asteroid Hit Jupiter? Or Comet?
April 2, 2016 | EditorsOn Mar 17 it was rumored that amateur astronomers looking at Jupiter that night saw a brief flash of light on the surface of the gas giant. Read More
TYC 3667-1280-1 Most Massive & Oldest Star Hosting A Hot Jupiter
March 25, 2016 | Editors 2Astronomers have discovered a hot-Jupiter planet orbiting a red giant star on a circular orbit, a unique system that serve as a perfect laboratory for planet formation and migration theories. Read More
Stargazers: Tonight Is The Best View Of Jupiter In Years
March 8, 2016 | EditorsTuesday, March 8, 2016 the sun, Earth and Jupiter are lined up in a straight line with Earth in the middle, thus means that Jupiter and the sun will be on opposite sides of the sky, when sun sets in the west, Jupiter will rise in the east. The phenomena is called Jupiter opposition. Read More
HD 106906b: The Super-Jupiter Planet That Shouldn’t Be There
December 7, 2015 | EditorsA super-Jupiter planet, dubbed HD 106906b, discovered last year is sitting at a large distance from its host star, so far away that some believes it was kicked out of star’s local neighborhood. Read More
Astronomers Discover ‘Young Jupiter’ 97 Light-Years Away From Earth
August 15, 2015 | EditorsBy using the Gemini Planet Imager, a team of scientists have discovered a gas-shrouded planet, strikingly similar to a young Jupiter, nearly 100 light years away from Earth in a young star system. Read More
Astronomers Found A Jupiter-Like Planet Orbiting Sun-Like Star. Twin Solar System?
July 17, 2015 | EditorsSo far, NASA’ Kepler Space Telescope and other exoplanet survey missions have found thousands of alien planetary systems with nearly 2,000 confirmed exoplanets. Read More
Scientists Witnessed The Birth Of Jupiter-like Planet
July 3, 2015 | EditorsFor the first time, a team of astronomers at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have confirmed, directly, the existence of a young gas giant planet, similar to Jupiter, still in the early stages of formation, embedded in the accretion disc of its host star. Read More
June: Venus Is At Its Best Right Now. Jupiter Easily Visible In Evening Sky
June 13, 2015 | EditorsThis June, skywatchers will have an opportunity to observe in the western sky — less than an hour after sunset — the two brightest planets in the night sky, Venus the brightest planet, and Jupiter as they are going to converge for a jaw-dropping close encounter. Read More
Jupiter’s Moon Europa Has No Shortage Of Salt
May 13, 2015 | EditorsJupiter’s icy moon Europe is probably the most fascinating moon in our solar system because its the most likely places to search for alien life. Read More
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