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NASA's Jupiter-Bound Juno Changes Its Orbit
August 30, 2012 — Earlier today, navigators and mission controllers for NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter watched their computer screens as their spacecraft successfully performed its first deep-space maneuver. This ... > full story -
Voyager at 35: Break on Through to the Other Side
August 20, 2012 — Thirty-five years ago Aug. 20, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, the first Voyager spacecraft to launch, departed on a journey that would make it the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune and the ... > full story -
First Evidence Discovered of Planet's Destruction by Its Star
August 20, 2012 — The first evidence of a planet's destruction by its aging star has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. A similar fate may await the Earth and other inner planets in our solar ... > full story -
Orientation of Far-Off Multiplanet System Has Orientation Very Similar to Our Own Solar System
July 26, 2012 — Our solar system exhibits a remarkably orderly configuration: The eight planets orbit the sun much like runners on a track, circling in their respective lanes and always keeping within the same ... > full story -
New Way of Probing Exoplanet Atmospheres
June 27, 2012 — For the first time a new technique has allowed astronomers to study the atmosphere of an exoplanet in detail -- even though it does not pass in front of its parent star. Astronomers have used ESO's ... > full story -
Mapping Volcanic Heat on Jupiter's Moon Io
June 10, 2012 — A new study finds that the pattern of heat coming from volcanoes on Io's surface disposes of the generally-accepted model of internal heating. The heat pouring out of Io's hundreds of erupting ... > full story -
Arctic Bacteria Help in the Search to Find Life on Jupiter's Moon Europa
May 30, 2012 — In a fjord in Canada, scientists have found a landscape similar to one of Jupiter's icy moons: Europa. It consists of a frozen and sulfurous environment, where sulfur associated with Arctic bacteria ... > full story -
NASA's Juno Spacecraft Images Big Dipper
May 12, 2012 — In England it is known as the "Plough," in Germany the "Great Cart," and in Malaysia the "Seven Ploughs." Since humanity first turned its eyes skyward, the seven northern hemisphere stars that ... > full story -
Looking for Earths by Looking for Jupiters
May 7, 2012 — In the search for Earth-like planets, it is helpful to look for clues and patterns that can help scientist narrow down the types of systems where potentially habitable planets are likely to be ... > full storyMore: -
Record-Breaking Radio Waves Discovered from Ultra-Cool Star
April 30, 2012 — Astronomers have discovered flaring radio emissions from an ultra-cool star that is not much warmer than the planet Jupiter, shattering the previous record for the lowest temperature at which radio ... > full story
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