Hubble’s Latest Look at Mighty Jupiter

The Hubble Space Telescope's Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) program, now in its 10th year, aims to study the atmospheric dynamics and evolution of the gas giant planets in our solar system. By capturing images in various filters, the program provides valuable data for astronomers to analyze and understand exoplanets. The latest OPAL observations of Jupiter included stunning images of the planet and its moon Io.

What’s Up with Jupiter and Saturn?

Jupiter and Saturn made a big splash last month due to the historic conjunction of our solar system’s two largest planets. From our vantage point here on Earth, looking out onto the flat plane of the sky, a conjunction occurs when two or more celestial bodies seem to slide right past each other in the... Continue Reading →

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