Dan Brandon
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Aug 13
Is there a super-Earth in the Solar System out beyond Neptune?
A possible super-Earth/mini-Neptune world hundreds of times more distant than Earth is from the Sun. Image credit: R. Hurt / Caltech (IPAC) By Ethan Siegel When the advent of large telescopes brought us the discoveries of Uranus and then Neptune, they also brought the great hope of a Solar System even richer in terms …
Jul 12
Venus and Jupiter prepare for their close-up this August
By Ethan Siegel Image credit: E. Siegel, created with Stellarium, of a small section of the western skies as they will appear this August 27th just after sunset from the United States, with Venus and Jupiter separated by less than 6 arc-minutes as shown. Inset shows Venus and Jupiter as they’ll appear through a very …
Jul 05
By Jove! NASA Probe Arrives at Jupiter After 5-Year Trek : Space.com
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech PASADENA, California — For the second time ever, a spacecraft has slipped into orbit around huge and mysterious Jupiter. NASA’s robotic Juno probe began circling the solar system’s largest planet tonight (July 4), ending a nearly five-year journey through deep space and becoming the first spacecraft to enter Jupiter orbit since NASA’s …
