3 posts tagged ‘planetary science’

• Vintage Voyager Data Reveals Plasma Jets in Jupiter’s Magnetosphere

  Gizmodo, Jan 11, 2024

  There are jets in Jupiter’s magnetosheath, according to Voyager 2 mission data from 1979. The 45-year-old information is now revealing the dynamics of the plasma stream. Read more...

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• Retired NASA Telescope Reveals Clues to the Elusive 'Size Gap' in Exoplanets

  Gizmodo, Nov 16, 2023

  Exoplanets pushing their atmospheres away may explain a gap in exoplanet masses, according to a team of researchers that recently studied data from NASA’s retired Kepler Space Telescope. Read more...

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• Will Saturn's Rings Really 'Disappear' by 2025?

  Gizmodo, Nov 14, 2023

  If you can get your hands on a telescope, there are few sights more spectacular than the magnificent ringed planet – Saturn. Read more...

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