Jupiter’s impressive Clouds from New Horizons
Jupiter famous for its Great Red Spot, is also known for its regular, equatorial cloud bands, visible through even modest sized telescopes.
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Solstice Full Moon for the first time since 1967
Today’s Solstice coincides with an “extremely rare event ,”a strawberry full moon, for the first time since 1967.
Last Sunset for six months in Antarctica
For researchers at NOAA’s South Pole Atmospheric Baseline Observatory, Sunday March 20 marks the start of the austral autumn, the last time they see the sun for
Distant Neutrinos Detected Below Antarctic Ice
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory near the South Pole, in Antarctica, has begun to detect neutrinos, nearly invisible particles of very high energy.
Earth-sized virtual telescope to explore Black Holes
A virtual telescope as big as planet Earth, will take detailed images of the very edge, or “event horizon,” of the supermassive black hole at the center
Aurora with Moon on Ice
This stunning expansive fisheye view of ice, Moon with a halo, Jupiter and Aurora was captured at Jökulsárlón Beach, southeast Iceland. Image credit Stéphane Vetter (Nuits sacrées)
Aurora Australis over Antarctica
A dazzling display of the Aurora Australis (southern lights) illuminates the skies above the Concordia research station in Antarctica.
A huge Atmospheric River swept through the Gulf of Alaska
Atmospheric rivers are part of a larger weather system, known as extratropical cyclones, which move heat and moisture from the tropics toward the poles.
Antarctic Sea Ice reaches Record Low
Sea ice around Antarctica in February 2023, reached the lowest extent ever observed since the start of the satellite record in 1979.
Jupiter’s enigmatic Magnetic Field
NASA’s robotic Juno spacecraft has found that Jupiter’s magnetic field is surprisingly complex, so that the Jovian world does not have single magnetic poles like our Earth.