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Jupiter

September 2024

  • Small mauve moon next to swirling planetary mass

    Jupiter’s moon Ganymede was struck by asteroid bigger than dinosaur-killing rock

    Impact may have caused largest moon in solar system to swing on its axis, say scientists

August 2024

  • An artist’s impression of the Juice spacecraft exploring Jupiter and its moons. The probe will explore whether Jupiter's moons can support life.

    ‘It’s going to be hair-raising’: high-risk slingshot move will send robot craft to Jupiter

    European space scientists will begin a delicate navigation that will take a probe on scenic route to outer solar system

July 2024

  • Starwatch 29 July map

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: July to end with stunning celestial grouping

    Crescent moon will appear with Pleiades star cluster, Jupiter and Mars, and the bright star Aldebaran

May 2024

  • The sun and Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto

    Six planets to appear in alignment next week in rare celestial parade

    Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus will be visible but viewers may need some equipment to see them clearly

March 2024

  • Starwatch
    Starwatch: The crescent moon and Jupiter in beautiful conjunction

  • Jupiter's moon Europa captured by the Juno spacecraft.

    Setback for hopes of life as Nasa says less oxygen on Jupiter moon than thought

December 2023

  • Starwatch chart showing the moon and Jupiter at 9pm GMT on 21 December 2023

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    Starwatch: Moon makes passing encounter with Jupiter

    Pair will be visible from northern and southern hemispheres just in time for the solstice

September 2023

  • Jupiter's moon Europa

    Scientists excited to find ocean of one of Jupiter’s moons contains carbon

    Discovery adds weight to view that Europa’s ocean could be most promising place in solar system to look for alien life

April 2023

  • Juice rocket blasts off to explore Jupiter's icy moons – video

    Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer embarks on eight-year voyage from a spaceport in French Guiana
  • Juice blasting off on an Ariane 5 rocket from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

    Juice mission blasts off to Jupiter to look for signs of life

    European Space Agency probe due to arrive in 2031 to scan icy moons and study Great Red Spot

    • Blast-off to Jupiter moons postponed for fear of lightning strikes

    • Science Weekly
      Juice Mission: why has the search for alien life moved to Jupiter’s moons?

    • Ready for launch: the mission to find alien life on Jupiter’s icy moons

March 2023

  • Planets Venus Mars &amp; Jupiter align over the Isle of Portland Dorset England UK<br>HG92MM Planets Venus Mars &amp; Jupiter align over the Isle of Portland Dorset England UK

    Five planets line up to put on celestial show for skywatchers tonight

  • A night sky right after sunset showing some planets visible in 2011

    Planets aligned: how to see the astronomical phenomenon set to light up Australia’s sky

  • Starwatch 20 Mar PRINT venus jupiter new moon

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: a tiny sliver of moon between Venus and Jupiter

  • Jupiter and its largest moon, Ganymede.

    ‘It’s like finding needles in a haystack’: the mission to discover if Jupiter’s moons support life

February 2023

  • Starwatch 27 Feb

    Starwatch
    Brightest planets Jupiter and Venus to convene in south-west sky

    Two jewel-like planets will reach a close conjunction on 2 March before beginning to separate

October 2022

  • Starwatch 03 Oct PRINT

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: moon draws close to Jupiter in retrograde

    Planet is shining brightly and travelling westward – a backward motion that will be reversed on 23 November

September 2022

  • Nebula resembling an eyeball

    Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022 – winning images

    Some of the winning images from the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s 14th Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition
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