... PhysOrg.com) -- This image of Jupiter and its moons Io and Ganymede was acquired by amateur astronomer Damian ... . 12, 2010, when Jupiter was close to opposition. South is up and the "Great Red Spot" is visible in the image ...
... another bright object that can serve as a reference. For some of the images, Jupiter's moon Europa was used as the reference "star ... attempt using the laser to obtain AO-corrected images of Jupiter's surface," Conrad said. "Based on our past ...
... has been the dream of scientists and engineers for decades. The new images of Jupiter prove the value of the advanced technology ... , while simultaneously chasing Jupiter," says Marchetti. With this unique series of images, the team found a major alteration ...
... views of the moon and discovering the satellites orbiting Jupiter. In synch with the International Year of Astronomy (IYA ... observed the Moon and Saturn and are now recording images of Jupiter's moons and the phases of Venus, both ...
Astronomers say Jupiter has apparently been struck by an object, possibly a comet.
... , the spot was created when a small object plunged into Jupiter's atmosphere and disintegrated. The only other time in history such a feature ... being taken with ground-based telescopes. This is a natural colour image of Jupiter as seen in visible light ...
New Thermal images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot show swirls of warmer air and cooler regions never ...
... of potentially groundbreaking astronomical imagery Infrared images of Jupiter and the galaxy M82 are the first pictures ... and reached 35,000 feet. A composite image of Jupiter shows the planet's heat, trapped ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- This montage of New Horizons images shows Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io, and were taken during the spacecraft's Jupiter flyby in early 2007.
... to make direct observations and obtain close-up images of Jupiter. Famed as the most remote object ever made through most of its mission, Pioneer 10 traveled ...
Amazing image of Jupiter taken in infrared light on the night of Aug. 17, 2008 with the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) prototype instrument mounted on ESO's Very Large Telescope.
Amazing image of Jupiter taken in infrared light on the night of Aug. 17, 2008 with the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) prototype instrument mounted on ESO's Very Large Telescope.
