NASA
NASA’s Juno Takes Jupiter’s Moon Io’s Temperature, Finds It’s Still Volcanically Unstable
Juno’s MWR instrument maps Io’s hidden heat during two flybys, revealing the moon’s volcanic hotspots with the grace of a spinning spacecraft.
2026-07-22
NASA
2026-07-19
ScienceDaily
Asteroid Gets Obliterated, Blasts Earth and Friends With Space Debris 800 Million Years Ago
A smashed-up asteroid sent space rubble raining down on Earth, the Moon, and Mars 800 million years ago - possibly cooling the planet and shaking things up in ways that make the Chicxulub impact look like a fender bender.
2026-07-12
Ars Technica
Jupiter-Sized Planet Survives Star's Death, Then Has Audacity to Be Hotter Than Expected
A Jupiter-size planet that survived its star's death is hotter than it should be, suggesting it was reheated by gravitational interactions billions of years later.
2026-06-03
ScienceDaily
Venus to Pull a Disappearing Act Behind the Moon, Because June Needed More Drama
Venus and Jupiter get cozy, Mercury crashes the party, and the Moon pulls a vanishing act on Venus - June's sky is basically a cosmic variety show.
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