Jupiter's peculiar auroras have been a subject of fascination for astronomers for a long time, mostly because they change their patterns and brightness very quickly, much more so than their counterparts on Earth, for example. A thorough study of the events in the planet's magnetic lines, which dictate the s... |
17 September 2009
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We have recently written about an event that nearly extinguished all life on Earth some 250 million years ago. It had to do with the most massive superplume ever that originated in the near-core region of the Earth and slowly reached towards the surface during millions of years, culminating with three large volcanic ... |
15 December 2008
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The newly discovered glowing feature in Jupiter's atmosphere seems to be produced by a stream of electrically charged particles rushing from the planet's small volcanic moon Io, much in the same way the solar wind determines the appearance of aurora borealis on Earth in the polar region of the planet. Accor... |
18 March 2008
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Io is one of the 63 confirmed satellites of the gas giant Jupiter and the fourth largest moon in the Solar System. Although it is just 100 km larger in radius than Earth's Moon, astronomers found it to be the most active place for volcanic activity ever detected in the Universe.With over 400 active volcanic sit... |
23 July 2007
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As Microsoft is known to have an increasing interest in helping companies become People-Ready with the help of the IT, PressPass discussed with some experts about it and explored topics like standardization, IO (Infrastructure Optimization) and Microsoft`s licensing structure. The interviewed experts were Joe Matz, v... |
26 May 2007
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NASA's New Horizons space probe is on its way to the last planet (actually the former last planet, as it was "degraded" to the rank of "trans-neptunian object" this year), Pluto. But on its way it took some very beautiful snapshots of Jupiter's system.In fact, the gas giant is so complex that it looks lik... |
2 May 2007
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