Topic: Jupiter (Planet)
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What makes a planet livable? Five things scientists look for.
Scientists have so far detected at least 550 planets outside the solar system – and another 2,000-plus await confirmation. But how to pick out the ones that may be Earth-like havens for life? Here's what one team looks for in assessing any planet's potential habitability and its similarity to Earth's properties.
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Quadrantid meteors and 11 other big skywatching events of 2012
What lies ahead sky-wise for 2012? Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist, selected what he considers to be the top 12 "skylights" for this coming year,
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In Pictures: Timeline of American rockets
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Dwarfs
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Uranus
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 07/26
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 07/23
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 07/16
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Huge flaming planet has a tail like a comet
A fiery planet orbiting a distant star is having its atmosphere stripped away, producing a tail similar to that of a comet.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 07/14
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 07/13
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Moonbase Alpha: New NASA game lets you run a virtual lunar station
Moonbase Alpha has players working together to restore oxygen flow and critical systems on a virtual lunar base after a meteor strike.
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Lunar eclipse wows skywatchers
Lunar eclipse: Early Saturday morning, skywatchers in parts of North America saw a shadow pass across part of the nearly full moon as it hung low on the horizon.
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Astronomers find a bunch of loser stars that could barely cook a pizza
Astronomers have discovered 14 failed stars, or brown dwarfs, that are only 350 to 620 degrees Fahrenheit. Compare this with the 10,000-degree blazing awesomeness of our sun.
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Scientists discover that Jupiter moon smells terrible
A new study of some of the chemical compounds present on the Jupiter's moon, Io, finds that it really stinks.
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A planet with 4,500-m.p.h. winds? Now that's a superstorm.
Scientists have succeeded in clocking the winds in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a star in the constellation Pegasus. Windiest planet in our solar system is Neptune, at 1,200 m.p.h.
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Howling poisonous superstorm observed on distant planet
Winds of carbon monoxide howl across a gas giant at thousands of miles per hour, some 150 light-years from Earth. For the first time astronomers have determined wind speeds on a planet outside our solar system.
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In Pictures: Space Photos of the Day 06/23
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 06/22
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Saturn lightning: Superbolts recorded by Cassini spacecraft
Saturn lightning: Lightning is rarely spotted on the ringed planet. NASA's Cassini spacecraft recorded powerful lightning as it passed by.
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This month, a rare view of dwarf planets Ceres and Pluto
Ceres and Pluto will come into opposition with the sun, offering a rare view of these two dwarf planets.
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Jupiter's other moon, the volcanic Io, could be a target for life
Io is the innermost of Jupiter's large satellites and the most volcanically active body in the solar system.
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Photo of alien planet proves they're created quickly
From the image of an alien planet, scientists have determined they are formed very rapidly.
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Halley's Comet and others may have formed around other stars
Halley's Comet and other named comets may have formed around other stars in the galaxy, but were snatched into orbit around the sun back when it was packed with hundreds of other stars.
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Jupiter Collisions remain a mystery to scientists
The collisions that occurred on Jupiter last week remain a mystery to scientists who are currently examining this latest impact on the gas giant.
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Yuck!!! Galileo's fingers go on display in Florence museum
In case you've always wanted to see two of Galileo's fingers (removed from his corpse by admirers), you can at Florence, Italy's Museum of the History of Science.
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Need help finding Uranus? For the next few months, it'll be next to Jupiter.
With a clear sky and a good pair of binoculars, you should have no trouble getting a glimpse of Uranus.
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Huge fireball slams into Jupiter, impact caught on video
Massive fireball hits Jupiter, impact is caught on video (see below).
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Jupiter's icy moon Europa rich in oxygen, study finds
Europa could be capable of supporting life, even if only in microbial form.
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Hubble telescope observes star devouring planet WASP-12b
Located some 600 light-years away, the planet WASP-12b is being swallowed up by its sun. Scientists say that the gas giant may only have another 10 million years left before it is completely devoured.
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