Rare Conjunction of Moon and Jupiter Observed Tonight: Details from Astronomer

Rare Conjunction of Moon and Jupiter Observed Tonight: Details from Astronomer

Today, Wednesday, March 13, the Earth is witnessing the conjunction of the Moon and the planet Jupiter, as the Moon appears in conjunction with the planet Jupiter (the giant of the solar system) on that day. We see the moon and Jupiter side by side in the sky immediately after sunset and the onset of … Read more

Rare Moon Conjunction with Jupiter Lights Up the Sky on March 13, 2024

Rare Moon Conjunction with Jupiter Lights Up the Sky on March 13, 2024

Written by Mahmoud Ragheb Wednesday, March 13, 2024 02:00 AM The Earth is witnessing, today, Wednesday, March 13 Moon conjunction And the planet Jupiter, where the moon appears in conjunction with the planet Jupiter (the giant of the solar system) on that day. We see the moon and Jupiter side by side in the sky … Read more

NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft Discovers Aurora Borealis on Ganymede, Jupiter’s Largest Moon

NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft Discovers Aurora Borealis on Ganymede, Jupiter’s Largest Moon

Written by Amira Shehata Thursday, December 28, 2023 09:00 PM NASA’s Galileo spacecraft discovered the aurora borealis on Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter, on this day, December 28, 2000, as the “Galileo” spacecraft was launched in 1989 in A mission to study Jupiter And its moons also flew near Venus and Earth on their … Read more

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Discovers a Second Asteroid During Flyby

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Discovers a Second Asteroid During Flyby

Written by Heba El-Sayed Saturday, November 4, 2023 11:00 PM NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is on its way to orbit. Jupiter To study asteroids there, and recently during its flight it made a flyby of another small asteroid called Dinkenish. The spacecraft confirmed its flyby of the asteroid this week, but when it returned its images, … Read more

Discovering Quartz Crystals in the Atmosphere of Distant Gas Giant WASP-17b

Discovering Quartz Crystals in the Atmosphere of Distant Gas Giant WASP-17b

Written by Samah Labib Wednesday, October 18, 2023 03:00 AM Discover a telescope James Webb Space (JWST) reported that 1,000-mile-per-hour winds are propelling a shower of tiny quartz crystals through the hot, silicate-enhanced atmosphere of a distant gas giant planet called WASP-17b, according to Space.com. Daniel Grant from the University of Bristol in Britain and … Read more

Jupiter Hit by Celestial Body: Amateur Astronomers Capture Rare Event

Jupiter Hit by Celestial Body: Amateur Astronomers Capture Rare Event

Jupiter was hit hard by a small celestial body, according to amateur astronomers, as an account of the Organized Automated Telescopes for Serendipity Event Survey (OASES) project and the Planetary Observation Camera System for Optical Transiting Surveys (PONCOTS) published about the event on the X site, alerting that there was a flash observed in Jupiter. … Read more