Thank You, Jovian Vortex Hunters! The Hunt Is Over…for Now.

Thank You, Jovian Vortex Hunters! The Hunt Is Over…for Now.

We did it! The Jovian Vortex Hunter project, launched on Zooniverse in June 2022, is out of data as of December 23, 2023.  Over 6,000 registered volunteers joined the project to view images from NASA’s JunoCam instrument of the swirling clouds in...
Pioneer 10 Crosses the Asteroid Belt

Pioneer 10 Crosses the Asteroid Belt

This illustration made on Nov. 26, 1974, by Rick Giudice shows the Pioneer 10 spacecraft traveling through the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. At the time, it was uncertain whether it would traverse it...
Time Is Running Out to Add Your Name to NASA’s Europa Clipper

Time Is Running Out to Add Your Name to NASA’s Europa Clipper

Six weeks remain for you to add your name to a microchip that will ride aboard the spacecraft as it explores Jupiter’s moon Europa. It’s not every day that members of the public have the chance to send their names into deep space beyond Mars, all the way to Jupiter...