Juno’s first engine burn perfected the spacecraft’s trajectory as it inches closer to Jupiter, the giant of our solar system. NASA’s Juno spacecraft is set to arrive at its destination on July 4th, at exactly 8:18 p.m PDT. As the probe inches closer to Jupiter, the mission team is closely monitoring every step of the way. The engine burn performed on February 3rd was one of … [Read more...]
Meteor Fireworks in November
It is indeed a time of rejoice for those who discovered stargazing as a hobby. November has quite of lot of surprises in store for us including a rare planetary conjunction and a meteor shower. The meteor fireworks in November will take place between the 17th and the 18th and it is sure to give you a run for your money. At the beginning of November, viewers from all over the … [Read more...]
Fifth Giant Gas Planet Was Ejected by Jupiter
In 2011 astronomers and astrophysicists proposed a daring new hypothesis. Researchers discovered that in addition to the known gas giant planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune there was a fifth planet ou there that mysteriously vanished some time ago. It seems that the fifth giant gas planet was ejected by Jupiter, during a close encounter with the gas giant, roughly 4 … [Read more...]
Jupiter Is A Stormy Planet
You probably learnt in school that Jupiter is a stormy planet that has an unpleasant and unwelcoming environment and you also might have learned about the Great Red Spot, which is literally a storm that is three times the size of Earth. But some of that is old news and scientists have been keeping a close eye on the planet and the way it has been evolving. Jupiter has been … [Read more...]
Giant planet with four suns found by astronomers
A group of astronomers have discovered a huge planet, ten times larger than Jupiter, that has four parent stars. Researches suggest that the multi-star system, named 30 Ari system, is almost 136 years away from Earth, which may seem far away, but on the galactic scale is actually very close. The discovery was made with the help of an optics system developed by researchers … [Read more...]
