New spacecraft data from Pioneer, Voyager and Juno show that Jupiter is slightly smaller and more flattened than earlier estimates, refining the planet’s measured size and shape.
SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed as a “super-Jupiter” has substantial differences from our solar system’s ...
New analysis on 2017 Hubble images of the Jupiter-family comet, 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak (41P/TGK), indicates that the comet underwent a spin reversal between April and December 2017. While this ...
Predicted to reach perihelion again in 2028, it will give astronomers a chance to get additional insights.