Jupiter’s moon Europa is one of the most enticing objects in our solar system, and a future NASA mission may help reveal whether it is a suitable for life.
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Look up tonight and you’ll see a stunning conjunction of the two brightest planets in the night sky.
NASA has now formally started to pack its bags for the next big discovery mission, this time heading to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. Last month NASA announced the instruments that will fly on this trip and…
Astronomers from around the world identify their favourite images sent back to Earth by the Hubble Space Telescope.
The icy moon Europa is perhaps the most tantalising destination in our solar system. Scientists have been trying for years to kickstart a mission to Jupiter’s most enigmatic moon, with very Earth-like…
NASA revealed today that the iconic Great Red Spot on Jupiter has shrunk to its smallest size ever – and astronomers have no idea why. The Great Red Spot is a giant anticyclone storm that has been raging…
Clays and geysers! All we need is a regular flight and Europa will become a spa destination to rival Iceland. It’s been an exciting week for me at the annual American Geophysical Union conference in San…
While research suggests that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot should have disappeared by now due to fluid dynamics, a new study has…
Thanks to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report, we’ve recently heard a great deal about how the Earth’s climate is changing. The IPCC’s cautious assessment of the…
You’ll remember that, about a year ago, Canadian astronomers announced the discovery of a small asteroid sharing the earth’s orbit. The asteroid in question, 2010 TK7, is a “planetary Trojan” – an object…
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor in Planetary Sciences, University of Leicester
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Professor of Physics, Deputy Director (Solar System) at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria and Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham
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Program Manager / Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Senior Instrument Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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Pro Vice-Chancellor Flagship Initiatives, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Fellow/Reader in Planetary Physics, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of Salford
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Professor, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Astronomer Emeritus, Space Telescope Science Institute and Professor of Practice of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State
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Sterrenkenner, History & Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne
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W J McDonald Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin
