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Jupiter's 'one-eyed giant Cyclops' captured by Hubble
A stunning event captured by NASA’s Hubble Telescope shows a big black eye staring back from Jupiter’s Great Red Spot storm. In reality, it is shadow play on a planetary scale.
The image was captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope as it tracked changes in Jupiter’s immense Great Red Spot storm, a storm that has been raging for over 300 years. The black eye is caused by the shadow of...
World's youngest planet discovered
An international team of astronomers has discovered the world’s youngest gas giant planet, which is five times younger than the previous record holder.
The newly discovered planet named LkCa 15 b after its star, has been started to take shape about 50,000 to 100,000 years ago, Discovery News reported.
Dr. Adam Kraus of the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy spotted the planet...