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Discovery of the Solar System’s most powerful energy source

Amit Malewar

Generates six times the power of Earth's total output.

Visible appearance of Jupiter and Saturn reconstructed from VLT/MUSE observations
Space

A long-standing misunderstanding about the composition of Jupiter’s clouds resolved

Amit Malewar

Amateur astronomer helps solve Jupiter's cloud mystery.

Zal Patera
Space

NASA’s Juno captures lava channel thermal emissions at Zal Patera

Amit Malewar

On December 30, 2023, NASA's Juno spacecraft, which is currently studying Jupiter and its moons, made a groundbreaking observation using its Stellar Reference Unit...

main-belt asteroids
Space

Smallest asteroids ever detected in the main belt

Amit Malewar

The team’s detection method could aid in tracking potential asteroid impactors.

colored view of Jupiter
Space

Astronomers discovered two great spots at the Jupiter’s north and south poles

Amit Malewar

Unusual magnetically driven vortices may be generating Earth-size concentrations of hydrocarbon haze.

Planet Jupiter great red spot
Space

Unexpected size changes observed in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

Amit Malewar

Jupiter's Great Red Spot behave like a stress ball.

asteroid impact on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
Space

Giant asteroid impact alters axis of Solar System’s biggest moon

Amit Malewar

Moon shift!

Warm Gas-Giant Exoplanet WASP-107 b (Artist’s Concept)
Space

Exploring the mysterious case of the Inflated Exoplanet

Amit Malewar

Webb cracks case of inflated exoplanet

puffy cotton-candy world
Space

Scientists discovered an extraordinarily low-density giant planet

Amit Malewar

Its density similar to that of cotton candy.

Amalthea
Space

Juno spots Jupiter’s little moon: Amalthea

Amit Malewar

Amalthea has a potato-like shape.

Io
Space

Jupiter’s Moon Io has been volcanically active for 4.5 billion years

Amit Malewar

Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active place in the solar system.

brown dwarf W1935
Space

Unexpected: Astronomers have discovered methane emission on a brown dwarf

Amit Malewar

An Aurora on an isolated world.

view of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
Space

NASA’s Juno mission calculated the rate of oxygen production at Europa

Amit Malewar

Enough to keep a million humans breathing for a day.

warm exoplanet WASP-80 b
Space

Webb identified methane and water vapor in exoplanets’ atmosphere

Amit Malewar

Scientists can now start to perform an “apples-to-apples” comparison.

Jovian moon Ganymede
Space

NASA’s Juno observed salts and organics on Ganymede’s surface

Amit Malewar

The study could help scientists understand the origin of Ganymede and the composition of its deep ocean.

Jupiter’s Equatorial Jet Stream
Space

New feature discovered in Jupiter’s atmosphere

Amit Malewar

Narrow jet stream near equator has winds traveling 320 miles per hour.

Europa (NIRCam image)
Space

Carbon Source on Europa: Implications for Life?

European Southern Observatory

Jupiter’s moon Europa is one of a handful of worlds in our Solar System that could potentially harbour conditions suitable for life. Previous research...

Image showing Saturn
Space

Saturn has long-lasting megastorms with impacts deep in the atmosphere

Pranjal Malewar

Hundred-year storms?

map of Ganymede
Space

JWST reveals new secrets of Jupiter’s moons in a new light

Amit Malewar

James Webb Space Telescope sees Jupiter moons in a new light.

Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities
Space

Giant swirling waves identified at the edge of Jupiter’s magnetosphere

Amit Malewar

The waves are an important process for transferring energy and mass from the solar wind.

HAT-P-32b
Space

Astronomers observed the longest tails of gas yet escaping a planet

Amit Malewar

The planet losing its atmosphere.

Internal evolution of Europa
Space

Jupiter’s moon Europa may have had a slow evolution

Amit Malewar

Europa’s seafloor may be cool and hydrated, and may experience limited, if any, seafloor volcanism.

Jupiter at 5 micron wavelength radiation
Space

Study solves the mystery of Jupiter’s stunning color changes

Amit Malewar

A long-running mystery behind Jupiter’s famous “stripes”.

Jupiter is positioned on the left. It is banded in stripes of brownish orange, light gray, soft yellow, and shades of cream. Uranus is positioned on the right. It appears tipped on its side and is mainly coloured cyan.
Space

Hubble monitors changing weather and seasons on Jupiter and Uranus

Editorial Team

Ever since its launch in 1990, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has been an interplanetary weather observer, keeping an eye on the ever-changing atmospheres...

Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
Space

The rotation of Europa’s icy crust may be affected by ocean currents

Amit Malewar

New explanation for how the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa rotates at a different rate than its interior.

Dwarf planet Ceres
Space

Astronomers identified unknown class water-rich asteroids

Amit Malewar

Small planets originate from the edge of our solar system.

oxygen aurora on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
Space

New Aurorae detected on Jupiter’s four largest moons

Amit Malewar

The team detected aurorae at visible wavelengths.

Jupiter's moons
Space

12 new moons discovered orbiting Jupiter

Amit Malewar

The discovery of a dozen new moons for Jupiter makes the king of planets the king of moons, too.

Magnetic topology and electron flow direction
Space

Scientists found evidence of magnetic reconnection between Ganymede and Jupiter

Amit Malewar

This gives us a very early tantalizing taste of the information we expect to learn from ESA’s JUICE mission.

infrared images of Jupiter
Space

40-year research reveals puzzling patterns in Jupiter’s temperature

Amit Malewar

Based partly on data from generations of NASA missions, the work could help predict weather on Jupiter.

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