hopes to clarify how the solar system formed through the study of Trojan asteroids that lead and follow Jupiter in orbit around the sun. “We are looking for how our solar system was put together, how ...
Jupiter's second-largest moon has more impact ... Cochrane said this works with planetary bodies as well. Moons or planets with enough internal heat can have a liquid saltwater ocean beneath ...
Lucy will explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids – thought to be “fossils of planet formation.” Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Lucy is preparing for a close encounter with the asteroid ...
Levison, 17 March 2025, The Planetary Science Journal. Lucy is NASA’s pioneering mission designed to explore Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, a group of space rocks that share the planet’s orbit and are ...
Jupiter’s striking size, swirling gases, and dramatic bands in its atmosphere set it apart from every other planet. One of ...
What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) formation and evolution? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) obtains long-term baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in ...
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
After identifying an unusual trend in the movement of the hot Jupiter planet TOI-2818b, the team, from the UNSW School of Physics, ran a series of model simulations that pointed to the presence of ...
This finding provides compelling evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, a process similar to the formation of Jupiter and Saturn. Diminutive Barnards Star is ...
The USC Trojans have stayed true to their promise of keeping the best players from California home as they have picked up another commitment from an in-state prospect for their 2026 recruiting class.