Explore Jupiter
The Giant planets do not have the same layered structure that the terrestrial planets do. Their ...
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The king of planets is aptly named because it not only has the most dymanic atmospheric motion, ...
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Jupiter's magnetosphere is a unique object in the solar system. It is the biggest object in ...
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The four Galilean satellites; Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, are among the most interesting ...
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Several interesting phenomena are found at the poles of Jupiter, the largest planet in our ...
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All of the relevant information about Jupiter collected on one page, including details about size, orbit ...
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The Roman god Jupiter is associated with the Greek god, Zeus. ...
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A table containing information about the spacecraft that have visited Jupiter ...
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Access wonderful captioned photos and illustrations that will inspire and excite you. ...
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These are links to other great web sites about Jupiter. But beware: you don't want to get ...
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you know that
sunspots
are dark because of a balance of thermal and
magnetic
pressure?
Did you know that we have discovered planets around other stars – called exoplanets?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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Shadow zonexShadow zone : The shadow zone is the area of the earth from angular distances of 104 to 140 degrees from a given earthquake that does not receive any direct P waves. The shadow zone results from S waves being stopped entirely by the liquid core and P waves being b
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Research Highlights
Sumatra experiences frequent seismic activity because it is located near the boundary of two of Earth's tectonic plates. Earthquakes occur at 'subduction zones,' such as the one west of Indonesia, when...
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