Exploration of the Planet Jupiter Digest

By Aidan Claire The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a €1.1 billion unmanned mission to the ice moons of the planet Jupiter. A robotic spacecraft, named the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE), is set to launch in 2022 and arrive at Jupiter in …

New search for life among Jupiter's ice moons

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Experimental Response Cinema: 'Orbit! Films About our Solar System'

May 14th, 2012

The planet Jupiter doesn't actually come down from its cosmic Mount Olympus to lay with its lovers, but it does flex its influence in more ways than you'd expect. For example, when I was a child I purchased a book at one of those book fairs that were …

Experimental Response Cinema: 'Orbit! Films About our Solar System'

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Galileo-style Uranus Tour (2003)

May 12th, 2012

By David SF Portree The four largest and most massive satellites of Jupiter are, in order out from the planet, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Io and Europa form a pair of roughly the same size, as do Ganymede and Callisto.

Galileo-style Uranus Tour (2003)

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Three moons are juicy targets for Jupiter mission

May 12th, 2012

By Paul Sutherland, 12 May 2012 (Sen) – Planetary scientists are busy preparing for Europe's next big space adventure – the unmanned JUICE probe's exploration of Jupiter's neighbourhood. Prime targets on the mission, due to launch in 2022 following its …

Three moons are juicy targets for Jupiter mission

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Miss a Big Dipper photo? Not by a long shot!

May 12th, 2012

5, 2011, on a mission to study Jupiter's atmosphere and composition, as well as map its magnetic and gravitational fields. The probe is slated to arrive at the solar system's largest planet in July 2016, after a journey of about 1.9 billion miles (3.1 …

Miss a Big Dipper photo? Not by a long shot!

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Far Out! Jupiter-Bound Probe Snaps Photo of Big Dipper

May 11th, 2012

A NASA spacecraft on its way to Jupiter has snapped what may be the farthest-flung photo ever of the famed Big Dipper star pattern. The Juno probe was already beyond the orbit of Mars when it took the photo of the iconic Big Dipper, which is part of …

Far Out! Jupiter-Bound Probe Snaps Photo of Big Dipper

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How Jupiter extinguished Vesta's chances of becoming a planet

May 11th, 2012

Jupiter's gravitational pull made it difficult for Vesta and other planetary building blocks to join together and make another planet or two. By Mike Wall, SPACE.comThu, May 10 2012 at 5:54 PM EST ASTEROID FOREVER: NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this …

How Jupiter extinguished Vesta's chances of becoming a planet

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Giant Asteroid Vesta's Planetary Chances Killed by Jupiter

May 10th, 2012

by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer Big, bad Jupiter likely squashed any chance the giant asteroid Vesta may have had of growing into a full-fledged planet long ago, researchers say. Scientists analyzing observations from NASA's Dawn spacecraft …

Giant Asteroid Vesta's Planetary Chances Killed by Jupiter

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