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If an atmosphere is gaseous, it doesn't mean it's featureless and well mixed. In fact, Jupiter's atmosphere has structures scientists are still learning about.
By analyzing how far material ejected from an impact crater flies, scientists can locate buried glaciers and other interesting subsurface features.
What is so spectacular about this Martian aurora discovery, considering that scientists have captured and reported several ...
A faint yet visible Martian aurora is the first instance of the phenomenon spotted from another planet's surface.
This exciting discovery opens up new possibilities for auroral research and confirms that auroras could be visible to future ...
The moon's nearside is covered by vast plains, called mare, formed from molten rock that cooled and solidified billions of ...
Europa Clipper tested its infrared camera during a Mars flyby, preparing for its 2030 mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa.
The mission took the opportunity of its Mars flyby to make sure its instruments were functioning properly. One designed and ...
On a mission to discover if one of Jupiter's 4 moons, Europa, supports life, NASA's robotic spacecraft, Clipper, captured a ...
According to NASA, the aurora on Earth may last only a few minutes, but on Saturn, it can last for days. In the 2010s, aurora ...
New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that auroras on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter ...
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, en route to Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa, recently captured a ghostly infrared portrait ...