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Solar System

20 new moons found around Saturn, snagging satellite record from Jupiter

Saturn now has 82 known satellites

Space Exploration

NASA’s Juno mission checks out eclipse on Jupiter

One of of Galilean moons cast a giant shadow over Jupiter which was spotted by NASA’s Juno spacecraft

Solar System

If Saturn and Jupiter collided, would they become one planet?

We explore the possibility of the two major heavyweights in the Solar System colliding in epic fashion

Solar System

ALMA spies on the tempestuous storms of Jupiter

Looking at Jupiter in the radio wavelength can reveal details about the ammonia stirring below the clouds

Solar System

Jupiter was on the receiving end of a powerful planetary collision 4.5 billion years ago

The object was likely 10 times the mass of the Earth and was able to stir up Jupiter’s core in the process

Solar System

New image release: Hubble showcases new portrait of Jupiter

The NASA/ESA space telescope reveals the intricate, detailed beauty of the gas giant’s clouds in this new image taken on 27 June 2019

Space Exploration

TESS Update: Spacecraft discovers planet ‘missing from our Solar System’

Launched in 2018, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, has found three new worlds around a neighbouring star

Solar System

Could Jupiter get a new red spot?

We find out if it’s possible for the gas giant to grow another of its famous red blemishes

Deep Space

What happens when a giant star meets a smaller star?

Does one devour the other, or do they both co-exist? Find out the answer when stellar giants collide

Solar System

Why are all the planets different colours if they formed at the same time?

We take a look at why the members of the Solar System vary in colour

Solar System

How big is the largest crater on Callisto?

We find out what the biggest impact is on this Galilean moon

Solar System

On which planet would I weigh the least?

Out of the eight planets, from Mercury to Neptune, on which of these would you weigh the least?

Solar System

Juno Update: Jupiter’s constantly-changing magnetic field is driven by deep winds

This discovery is another important step in understanding the mysterious interior structure of the Solar System’s largest planet

Solar System

What would happen if all of the gas planets’ atmospheres were stripped away?

It would take something special, but the consequences would change the Solar System as we know it

Solar System

Jupiter’s aurorae have a deeper influence on the gas giant than originally thought

Aurora on Jupiter can reach two to three times deeper into its atmosphere than the aurora experienced on Earth

Solar System

Hubble has been watching Neptune’s enormous storm come back into the fold

Comparing the storms on the gas giants Jupiter and Neptune act can tell us interesting details about their formation and evolution

Astronomy

Heroes of Space: Clyde Tombaugh

The amateur astronomer who discovered Pluto and visited the dwarf planet after his death

Deep Space

Can stars have weather?

We have the answer to this intriguing question

Space Exploration

Mission to the Trojan asteroids has been given the ‘green light’

NASA’s Lucy mission will visit a collection of asteroids and is due to launch in 2021

Deep Space

What is a hot Jupiter?

Could these worlds be the extreme cousins of gas giant Jupiter?

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