Jul 26 Billions of rogue planets wander the universe without a home By Lee Billings, Scientific American New results suggest free-floating giant planets are less common than previously believed, but hint at vast numbers of smaller castaway worlds… Continue reading
Jul 12 Here are Juno’s first closeup photos of the Great Red Spot By Nsikan Akpan Less than 48 hours ago, NASA's Juno spacecraft got its first up-close-and-personal view with Jupiter's Great Red Spot, and today, the space agency has released photos from the flyby. Continue reading
Jul 10 Juno spacecraft to fly over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot By Larisa Epatko On Monday, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fly over Jupiter’s most distinguishable and intriguing feature, its swirling Great Red Spot. Continue reading
Jul 05 Juno meets Jupiter, survives radiation shower at north pole By Nsikan Akpan NASA's Juno spacecraft arrived successfully at Jupiter at 11:53 p.m. EDT on Monday. Continue reading
Jun 30 NASA’s Juno zooms in on Jupiter By Lora Strum, Julia Griffin On Independence Day, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, and beam photos and other data 1.8 billion miles back to Earth. After traveling five years and 1,740 million miles at more than… Continue reading
Jun 30 Witness Jupiter’s spooky northern lights By Nsikan Akpan The Hubble telescope, the talisman space observatory, has captured fresh images of Jupiter’s auroras as Juno spacecraft makes its final approach to the planet. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 7:34 NASA promising July 4 big bang — and lots of science — when Juno probe reaches Jupiter By PBS News Hour On Independence Day NASA’s Juno spacecraft reaches the largest planet in our solar system and is expected to transmit pictures the 1.8 billion miles back to Earth. But even more interesting than pictures, scientists hope to collect tons of data… Continue watching
Mar 30 Teen groped and pepper-sprayed outside Trump rally in Wisconsin, police say By Associated Press JANESVILLE, Wis. — Police are looking for a man who pepper-sprayed a 15-year-old girl as opponents and supporters of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump clashed outside a Wisconsin rally. Continue reading
Nov 07 Watch Astronomers Spy New Planet in Distant Solar System Scientists announced Tuesday that they had discovered a new planet orbiting the star 55 Cancri, 41 light years from Earth, making it the most crowded solar system identified outside of our own. Astronomer Geoff Marcy talks about the new planet… Continue watching