Jupiter
News items about Jupiter and its moons
Jul 21, 2010
"Io is the innermost of Jupiter's four large moons, really an odd duck among the moons of the outer solar system because it totally lacks surface ice. Oh, and because, as far as anyone knows, its volcanoes are in a constant state of eruption."
Jun 24, 2010
"Jupiter's moon Io is one of the strangest places in our solar system, with a foul-smelling atmosphere over its volcanic surface."
Jun 17, 2010
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Jun 17, 2010
"If extraterrestrial life exists on Jupiter's moon Europa, instead of deploying probes to drill past its ice shell to look for aliens in the ocean below, one might just go fossil -hunting on the icy surface."
Jun 16, 2010
"New and detailed observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have provided insights into two recent events on Jupiter: the mysterious flash of light seen on 3 June and the recent disappearance of the planet's dark Southern Equatorial Belt."
Jun 13, 2010
"On June 3rd, amateur astronomers were startled by a bright flash of light on Jupiter. It appeared to be an impact event--a comet or asteroid hitting the planet's cloudtops. Curiously, though, the "impact" has left no obvious debris. Was it really an impact--or something else?"
A rundown of events
Jun 4, 2010
Amateur astronomers have imaged the impact of an object on planet Jupiter
Jun 3, 2010
"Asteroid is most likely suspect in last summer's planetary impact"
May 27, 2010
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