Jupiter Today Top Stories
Jupiter Today - Jupiter News as it Happens

Cracking the Question of Extraterrestrial Life
With average temperatures of minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit, an almost nonexistent atmosphere and a complex web of cracks in a layer of ice encompassing the entire surface, the environment on Jupiter's moon Europa is about as alien as they come.

Three Red Spots Mix it Up on Jupiter
A new sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images offers an unprecedented view of a planetary game of Pac-Man among three red spots clustered together in Jupiter's atmosphere.

Phoenix Mars Lander Rasps Frozen Layer, Collects Sample
A powered rasp on the back of the robotic arm scoop of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander successfully drilled into cement-hard frozen soil and loosened material that was collected in the lander's scoop.

Storm Winds Blow In Jupiter's Little Red Spot
Using data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft and two telescopes at Earth, an international team of scientists has found that one of the solar system's largest and newest storms - Jupiter's Little Red Spot - has some of the highest wind speeds ever ...

Wandering Poles Left Scars on Europa
Curved features on Jupiter's moon Europa may indicate that its poles have wandered by almost 90 deg, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution, Lunar and Planetary Institute, and University of California, Santa Cruz in the 15 May issue of Nature.

Scientists Find Rings of Jupiter Are Shaped in Shadow
Scientists from the University of Maryland and the Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany appear to have solved a long-standing mystery about the cause of anomalies in Jupiter's gossamer rings.



Saturn Today Top Stories
Saturn Today - Saturn News as it Happens

NASA Cassini Significant Events 8/13/08 - 8/19/08
The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

NASA Cassini Significant Events for 8/6/08 - 8/12/08
The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Aug. 12 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Goldstone, Calif. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

NASA Cassini Significant Events for 07/29/08 - 08/05/08
The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Aug. 5 from the DSN tracking complex at Madrid, Spain. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

NASA Blog: Cassini Flyby of Enceladus: We Nailed It!
NASA Blog: Cassini Flyby of Enceladus: We Nailed It!

NASA Cassini Pinpoints Source of Jets on Saturn's Moon Enceladus
In a feat of interplanetary sharpshooting, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has pinpointed precisely where the icy jets erupt from the surface of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus.

The Stuff of Life on Titan
For almost thirty years, scientists have known that complex carbon compounds called tholins exist on comets and in the atmospheres of the outer planets.