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Aug232022 by adminNo Comments

James Webb: Space telescope reveals ‘incredible’ Jupiter views

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NASA/ESA/CSA/Jupiter ERS Team/Judy SchmidtThe world's largest and most powerful space telescope has revealed unprecedented views of Jupiter. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) took the pictures of the Solar System's biggest planet in July. The images show auroras, giant storms, moons and rings surrounding Jupiter in detail that astronomers have described as "incredible".The infrared images were artificially coloured to make the features stand out.This is because infrared light is invisible to the human eye."We've never seen Jupiter like this. It's all quite incredible," said planetary astronomer Imke de Pater, of the University of California, who played a key role in the project."We hadn't really expected it to be this good, to be honest," she added.The $ 10bn (£8.5bn) JWST is an intern...

Dec212020 by adminNo Comments

Meteor shower and conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in busy night for stargazers

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Stargazers will be able to see the year's final display of shooting stars tonight.The Ursid meteor shower is expected to peak on Monday night but will be visible into the early hours of Tuesday. At its peak the shower will produce around five meteors per hour, which will burn up as they hit the atmosphere at 36 miles per second.Royal Observatory Greenwich says the meteor shower occurs around the time of the winter solstice, meaning longer nights for stargazing.The meteors will be visible to the naked eye but to have the best chance of seeing them, people should be far away from artificial lights and give their eyes time to adjust to the dark. ...

Jun92019 by adminNo Comments

Jupiter will appear at its biggest & brightest, with moons visible this month

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facebook twitter Email linkedin pinterest reddit tumblr Linkhttps://intranet2.upi.com/wdb/cms2019/stories.php?storyid=6671559935460&st_year=2019&story_only=1&jwsource=clAuto 406p720p406p270p180pJupiter's Great Red Spot could soon disappear Some may think that June's short nights make it a bad month for stargazing, but this month will bring the best opportunity of the year to see one of our closest celestial neighbors. People around the world can look to the night sky this month to see Jupiter shining bigger and brighter than it will at any other point this year. This is because Jupiter will be at opposition, when it is opposite side of the Earth than the sun. This is also around the time when the two planets are closest to each other. The Jupiter opposition wil...

Nov122017 by adminNo Comments

Venus and Jupiter conjunction: Sky-watchers await dawn display

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Jupiter and Venus will be visible to the naked eye close together in the sky before dawn on Monday.The planets will appear in conjunction in the south-east, just above the horizon, and may appear to look like one bright star. In the UK, the best viewing time will be 40 minutes before sunrise.Jupiter's four Galilean moons will also be visible to those with a telescope. Clear skies are needed - and forecast for much of England and Wales.Watch: The dog that orbited the earthThe astronaut who was told she would never go to spaceThe planets will be seen best by those in mid-northern latitudes around the world, including the UK and northern US.Observers will have to have an uninterrupted view to the south-east as the planets will be very low in the sky.You may also like: Let's block ads! (Why?) ...

Jul92017 by adminNo Comments

NASA to fly spacecraft over giant Jupiter storm

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NASA is preparing to fly its Juno spacecraft over a huge storm which has been raging on Jupiter for up to 350 years.The planet's Great Red Spot is a 10,000-mile wide storm that has been monitored since 1830, but which scientists think actually formed centuries earlier.Image:The Great Red Spot is Jupiter's best-known feature. Pic: NASAJuno will pass 5,600 miles above the storm on Monday, with all eight of the craft's instruments and its camera, known as 'Junocam', in operation during the flyby.The spacecraft's principal investigator Scott Bolton, from the Southwest Research Institute, said: "Jupiter's mysterious Great Red Spot is probably the best-known feature of Jupiter."This monumental storm has raged on the solar system's biggest planet for centuries. Now, Juno and her cloud-penetrating...