SolarSystem
NASA’s Juno Mission Gets Under Jupiter’s and Io’s Surface
NASA’s Juno Mission Gets Under Jupiter’s and Io’s Surface Juno’s recent findings reveal that Jupiter’s north polar stratospheric cap is about 11 degrees Celsius cooler than its surroundings, and is encircled by winds exceeding 100 mph (161 kph). The spacecraft has also tracked the movement of Jupiter’s massive northern polar cyclone and the eight cyclones […]
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Testing NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe)
Testing NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) mission aims to map the solar system by studying the heliosphere, a giant bubble created by the Sun’s solar wind. The spacecraft will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, no earlier than […]
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Have We Been to Uranus? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 56
Have We Been to Uranus? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 56 Voyager II spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, making it the only time humans have visited the planet. The extreme world revealed by Voyager II has an atmosphere made of methane and hydrogen, with dramatic seasonal variability due to its tilted axis. Uranus’ […]
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