Arianespace and ESA announce Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer launch ...

17 June 2019. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, will ride into space on an Ariane launch vehicle, Arianespace and ESA confirmed today at the International  ...

Space for Kids - Jupiter - ESA

Jan 24, 2006 ... Beyond the asteroid belt is Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun. Everything about Jupiter is large. It is so big that it could easily swallow all of the ...

Surprisingly erratic X-ray auroras discovered at Jupiter / Space ...

Oct 30, 2017 ... ESA and NASA space telescopes have revealed that, unlike Earth's polar lights, the intense auroras seen at Jupiter's poles unexpectedly ...

Ulysses sweeps up more dust from Jupiter / Space Science / Our ...

During its recent second encounter with Jupiter, the ESA/NASA Ulysses spacecraft detected more streams of dust particles flowing from the giant planet.

Herschel links Jupiter's water to comet impact / Herschel / Space ...

Apr 23, 2013 ... ESA's Herschel space observatory has solved a long-standing mystery as to the origin of water in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, finding ...

Encounter with Jupiter / Exploring space / Space Science / Our ...

Jupiter will be the centre of attention over the next few weeks, instead of the Sun, for scientists on the joint ESA/NASA Ulysses mission. In early February, the ...

See where comet hit Jupiter in 1994 / Extreme space / Space ...

Sep 13, 2004 ... This true colour image of Jupiter, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in 1994, reveals the impact sites of fragments 'D' and 'G' ...

Preparing to build ESA's Jupiter mission / Space Science / Our ...

Jul 17, 2015 ... Airbus Defence & Space in France has been selected as the prime industrial contractor for ESA's Juice mission to Jupiter and its icy moons.

Astronomers spy Europa blocking distant star – thanks to Gaia / Gaia ...

Jul 25, 2019 ... Previously, observatories had only managed to watch two of Jupiter's other moons – Io and Ganymede – during such an event. Gaia has been ...

Jupiter's mysterious flashes and missing cloud belts / Space Science ...

17 June 2010. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided insights into two recent events on Jupiter: the mysterious flash of light on 3 June and the ...