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An illustration of the solar system and the planet's orbits around the sun

How many times has Earth orbited the sun?

By Harry Baker published

We worked out how many trips each of the solar system's eight planets has taken around the sun over the past 4.6 billion years.

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This enhanced image of the Jovian moon Ganymede was obtained by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft during the mission's June 7, 2021, flyby of the icy moon on Juno's 34th pass close to Jupiter.

NASA finds organic compounds seeping up from hidden ocean on Jupiter's icy moon Ganymede

By Brett Tingley published

Ganymede, one of the largest moons in the solar system, possesses a salty subsurface ocean that may contain organic compounds, new research finds.

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The swirling clouds of Jupiter forming a face

Eerie 'face' haunts Jupiter in creepy photo from NASA's Juno probe

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

Jupiter's swirling clouds form an eerie image that resembles a face.

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Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) have discovered a high-speed jet stream sitting over Jupiter’s equator, above the main cloud decks. At a wavelength of 2.12 microns, which observes between altitudes of about 12-21 miles (20-35 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops, researchers spotted several wind shears, or areas where wind speeds change with height or with distance, which enabled them to track the jet.

James Webb telescope spots enormous jet stream faster than a Category 5 hurricane on Jupiter

By Monisha Ravisetti published

New observations with the James Webb Space Telescope reveal a never-before-seen jet stream near Jupiter's equator moving twice as fast as a Category 5 hurricane.

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Jupiter's moon Io as seen by Juno on Oct. 16, 2023.

Space photo of the week: Jupiter's seething volcano moon gets a close-up

By Jamie Carter published

Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanic world in the solar system, was imaged from just 7,260 miles away.

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Highly stylized view of Jupiter's icy moon Europa.

James Webb telescope finds potential signature of life on Jupiter's icy moon Europa

By Stephanie Pappas published

The discovery of seemingly home-grown carbon dioxide suggests Europa's ice-covered ocean could be habitable.

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A closeup of the 2010 megastorm that formed in Saturn's northern hemisphere, wrapping around the entire planet

100-year-long 'megastorms' on Saturn are creating radio signals that scientists can't fully explain

By Brandon Specktor published

Gargantuan storms on Saturn can wrap around the entire planet and be seen for months. New research suggests their impacts persist hundreds of years longer than experts thought.

Saturn
Four spirals of yellow gas swirl around a distant star. At the center, blue blotches reveal where gas is collapsing into new planets

A new, Jupiter-size planet is on the verge of being born, and astronomers have incredible images of it

By Brandon Specktor published

A gorgeous new image of a star system 5,000 light-years from Earth could finally explain how Jupiter-size planets are born from chaotic fields of gas.

Exoplanets
A sub-radio image of the system PDS 70, showing its star in the center; the orbit of a Jupiter-sized planet as a thick-band; and an accompanying debris cloud as a thin band.

1st known 'Trojan' planets discovered locked in the exact same orbit around a star

By Ben Turner published

A distant Jupiter-size planet could have the shattered remains of a smaller sibling in its tow.

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