Jupiter – Astronomy Now

Gear up for Mars and Jupiter’s great coming-together

5 August 2024 Mark Armstrong

Mars and Jupiter lie less than a degree apart on the mornings of 14th and 15th August, providing a great spectacle for both visual observers and imagers.

JunoCam images and expert ‘citizen-scientist’ processing provides stunning portrait of Jupiter and three of its Galilean moons

1 August 2023 Astronomy Now

A family portrait of Jupiter and three of its Galilean moons shows off the skills of two “citizen scientists” using public domain imagery from NASA’s Juno orbiter.

Jammed radar boom on Jupiter-bound Juice probe finally freed

12 May 2023 Astronomy Now

After weeks of troubleshooting, ESA engineers finally free a jammed radar antenna boom on the Jupiter-bound Juice probe.

ESA’s ‘JUICE’ spacecraft takes off on epic voyage to Jupiter

14 April 2023 Astronomy Now

One of Europe’s most ambitious planetary missions is on its way to Jupiter to study the planet, its icy moons and possibly habitable sub-surface seas.

Venus and Jupiter’s spectacular early-evening coming-together

27 February 2023 Mark Armstrong

Venus and Jupiter are a marvellous sight soon after sunset on 1 March, when they lie just over a full Moon’s diameter apart. .

Spectacular Venus’ early-evening show

9 February 2023 Mark Armstrong

Venus is a dazzling ‘evening star’ now visible soon after sunset. Yet it’s just at the beginning of a marvellous apparition lasting through to summer.

Webb images of Jupiter show auroras, rings, moons

24 August 2022 Stephen Clark

A few weeks after officially starting science operations, the James Webb Space Telescope turned its mirrors toward Jupiter and captured stunning new infrared views of the gas giant planet, its auroras, moons, and faint rings.

A pimple on Jupiter

26 May 2022 Keith Cooper

During the thirty-sixth close approach of the gas giant planet Jupiter by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, it snapped a raw image of tumultuous clouds in the South Temperate Belt.

Get ready for Jupiter and Mars’ close confrontation

19 May 2022 Mark Armstrong

Keep the diary free towards the end of May to witness another very close conjunction between two of the major planets in the Solar System.

Juno captures spectacular view of Ganymede’s shadow on Jupiter’s cloud tops

2 May 2022 Astronomy Now

NASA’s Juno probe captures a stunning image of Ganymede’s shadow moving across Jupiter’s cloud tops, providing a unique perspective on an event familiar to amateur astronomers.