NASA’s Discovery of Dinky Asteroid and its Moon near Jupiter: A Fascinating Binary Asteroid Pair

NASA’s Discovery of Dinky Asteroid and its Moon near Jupiter: A Fascinating Binary Asteroid Pair

SUKABUMIUPDATE.com – An asteroid is a celestial body in the form of small fragments that move around the sun. Meanwhile, Jupiter is the largest planet among the four gas giants and the largest in the Solar System with a diameter of 142,984 km (88,846 mi) at the equator. Most recently, the National Aeronautics and Space … Read more

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Discovers Binary Asteroid Pair Near Jupiter

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Lucy’s spaceship belongs to NASAwhich first launched in 2021 to explore asteroid Trojans that are trapped near Jupiterhas made an interesting discovery. The spacecraft discovered an asteroid, nicknamed Dinky, that actually has a smaller asteroid orbiting it, as reported by Scientific American. It’s basically a moon with its own moon. The technical … Read more

Jupiter’s Closest Approach to Earth: Stunning Images from the National Astronomical Research Institute

Jupiter’s Closest Approach to Earth: Stunning Images from the National Astronomical Research Institute

Image processingJupiter is closest to Earth in the year. Last night (3 Nov. 2023) the National Astronomical Research Institute captured images of the activity atmosphere. “Opening the stargazing festival…feeling the cold breeze at nightJupiterNear the Earth” from observatories in 5 provinces, namely Sirindhorn Astronomical Park, Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai Province and the 7th Cycle … Read more

NASA Captures Spooky Face on Jupiter: Halloween Surprises in Space

NASA Captures Spooky Face on Jupiter: Halloween Surprises in Space

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA— A spaceship NASA caught a terrible “face” in Jupiter on a recent flight, just in time for Halloween. The Juno spacecraft captured the image from an altitude of about 7,800 miles and a latitude of about 69 degrees north. The photo shows swirling clouds and roiling storms on Jupiter, which resembles an elongated, … Read more

Halloween Mask: Devilish Face Captured on Jupiter’s Surface by Juno Spacecraft

Halloween Mask: Devilish Face Captured on Jupiter’s Surface by Juno Spacecraft

The Juno spacecraft captured a devilish face on Jupiter’s surface during a close flyby just before Halloween, and the gas giant could handily win any competition for the best Halloween mask. A morbid-looking face was photographed by a NASA probe in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere in a region called Jet N1. The image shows swirling clouds … Read more

NASA Discovers High-Speed Equatorial Jet Stream in Jupiter’s Atmosphere

NASA Discovers High-Speed Equatorial Jet Stream in Jupiter’s Atmosphere

The newly discovered equatorial jet stream travels at about 320 miles (515 kilometers) per hour, twice the sustained wind speed of a Category 5 hurricane on Earth.It is located about 25 miles (40 kilometers) above the clouds in Jupiter’s lower stratosphere NASA recently announced that the Webb Space Telescope has discovered an unprecedented new feature … Read more

Discovering Jupiter’s Hidden Secrets: New Findings from the James Webb Space Telescope

Discovering Jupiter’s Hidden Secrets: New Findings from the James Webb Space Telescope

Amira Shehata wrote Saturday, October 21, 2023 12:30 PM Although James Webb Space Telescope Initially described as having the potential to reveal the outermost horizons of the universe, some of the observatory’s most precise images are actually images of our solar system, thanks to its gold-plated mirror cell and infrared equipment, such as the near-infrared … Read more

Test Your Knowledge: 10 Questions About the Solar System

Test Your Knowledge: 10 Questions About the Solar System

Scientists have been studying the solar system for centuries. Thanks to them, as well as advances in science and technology, we have a lot of key information about the universe today. But how well do you know it? Try answering the following 10 questions to test your knowledge. Solar System The Solar System is a … Read more

NASA’s Psyche Mission: Exploring the Metal-Rich Planet in the Asteroid Belt

NASA’s Psyche Mission: Exploring the Metal-Rich Planet in the Asteroid Belt

The American National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Psyche mission took off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Friday. The goal of the mission is to explore the distant, metal-rich planet of the same name, which orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket with a probe on board lifted off from Kennedy … Read more