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Jupiter and Ring in Infrared from Webb
* Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
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Why does Jupiter have rings? Jupiter's main ring was discovered in 1979 by NASA's passing Voyager 1 spacecraft, but its origin was then a mystery. Data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft that orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003, however, confirmed the hypothesis that this ring was created by meteoroid impacts on small nearby moons. As a small meteoroid strikes tiny Metis, for example, it will bore into the moon, vaporize, and explode dirt and dust off into a Jovian orbit. The featured image of Jupiter in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope shows not only Jupiter and its clouds, but this ring as well. Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) -- in comparatively light color on the right, Jupiter's large moon Europa -- in the center of diffraction spikes on the left, and Europa's shadow -- next to the GRS -- are also visible. Several features in the image are not yet well understood, including the seemingly separated cloud layer on Jupiter's right limb.
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2025 April 2 The featured image shows Jupiter in infrared light as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Visible are clouds, the Great Red Spot -- appearing light in color -- and a prominent ring around the giant planet. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Jupiter and Ring in Infrared from Webb * Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt Explanation: Why does Jupiter have rings? Jupiter's main ring was discovered in 1979 by NASA's passing Voyager 1 spacecraft, but its origin was then a mystery. Data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft that orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003, however, confirmed the hypothesis that this ring was created by meteoroid impacts on small nearby moons. As a small meteoroid strikes tiny Metis, for example, it will bore into the moon, vaporize, and explode dirt and dust off into a Jovian orbit. The featured image of Jupiter in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope shows not only Jupiter and its clouds, but this ring as well. Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) -- in comparatively light color on the right, Jupiter's large moon Europa -- in the center of diffraction spikes on the left, and Europa's shadow -- next to the GRS -- are also visible. Several features in the image are not yet well understood, including the seemingly separated cloud layer on Jupiter's right limb. uthors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn Specific rights apply.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day

APOD from 2025-03-31

Parker: The Solar System from Near the Sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured a time-lapse from inside #Mercury's orbit, showing coronal streamers, a Coronal Mass Ejection, and #planets like Mercury and #Venus. Between #Earth and #Mars, #Comet Tempel 1 appears. The video also shows high-energy solar particles. This data helps us understand space weather impacts on Earth.

Video at apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250331.ht #astronomy #saturn #jupiter #eclipse

apod.nasa.govAPOD: 2025 March 31 – Parker: The Solar System from Near the SunA different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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The Inquisitive Biologist

This week's #NewBooks at the library: Some second-hand treasures: The Great #Comet Crash: The Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and #Jupiter from Cambridge UP, and two books from Rutgers UP: Upheaval from the Abyss: #Ocean Floor Mapping and the Earth Science Revolution (sans dust jacket), and Mass Destruction: The Men and Giant #Mines That Wired America and Scarred the Planet #Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon #Astronomy #Oceanography #Geology #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalHistory #History @bookstodon

A photo of three books standing on a small, brown, wooden table. On the left, standing up, The Great Comet Crash, showing a picture of Jupiter taken with a telescope. In the middle, lying down, Upheaval from the Abyss, showing a marine blue spine with silver lettering (the dust jacket is missing). On the right, standing up, Mass Destruction, showing an golden/honey coloured aerial photo of an open-pit mine. The out-of-focus background shows black shelves full of books and part of the beech-coloured laminate floor.
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

3D map of #exoplanet #atmosphere shows wacky climate
#Astronomers have mapped the 3D structure of the layered atmosphere of one such ultra-hot #Jupiter-size exoplanet, revealing powerful winds that create intricate #weather patterns across that atmosphere.
"This planet’s atmosphere behaves in ways that challenge our understanding of how weather works."
#Astronomy and #Astrophysics reported on unexpected identification of #titanium in the exoplanet's atmosphere as well.
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The 3D structure of the atmosphere of the exoplanet Tylos
Ars Technica · 3D map of exoplanet atmosphere shows wacky climateBy Jennifer Ouellette
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Antinous the Gay God

🪷 (Art by #AntoniusSubia) ... As the Sun enters #Aries at the March #Equinox, we honor #Antinous in his special guise as #Antinoos #Mars. Mars, God of War, son of #Jupiter and #Juno, father of #Romulus and #Remus, founders of Rome, was the divine spirit of the Roman Army. His power ran like molten steel in the blood of Romans who he made them invincible. Mars energy flows through all LGBTQIA+ people and empowers us to stand up to fight for justice and equality. More: antinousstars.blogspot.com/202 🪷

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Erotic Mythology 🌷

It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday! ⚡

"The surname Homagyrios (the Assembler) was given to #Zeus because in this place Agamemnon assembled the most eminent men in Greece, in order that they might consult together how to make war on the empire of Priamos [of Troy]."
Pausanias, Description of Greece 7.24.2

🏛️ #Jupiter, Roman bronze figure from Paramythia, 100-199 CE

@antiquidons @mythology
#DayOfZeus #GreekRomanArt #mythology

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