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Jupiter Could Be Out to Get Us [Killer Planets]io9 - Oct 19, 2008 Many astronomers regard Jupiter as Earth’s bodyguard, diligently attracting and smashing foreign bodies that could collide with Earth. But new simulations suggest that Jupiter’s role in the solar system may not be so … Also tagged: planet, debris, comet, pull, asteroid, gravitational, killer planets |
io9 - Aug 4, 2008
This is a picture of Jupiter's moon Io floating over the planet's clouds, to remind you how freaking huge Jupiter is. Io is the same size as our own moon. To celebrate the battle of Jupiter's Red Spots, in which the …
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io9 - Jul 14, 2008
A group of secretive rocket designers have defected from NASA's rocket-building team to spearhead their own forbidden project. They spend their evenings designing Jupiter (pictured), a moon rocket they think will work …
Also tagged: space, nasa, rocket, ares, moon mission, space porn
io9 - May 31, 2008
Nothing says "massive destructive force" like the rocks exhumed from two kilometers down in the earthquake-causing San Andreas Fault. Mangled and twisted by the fault's awesome power, these rocks help you understand …
Also tagged: california, destruction, san andreas fault, mega geophysics
io9 - May 23, 2008
Jupiter seems to be sprouting lots of Red Spots these days. Of course the original gangsta, the multiple Earth-sized Great Red Spot has been around for just about four centuries. But back in 2006 Red Spot Jr. appeared …
Also tagged: hubble, space telescope science institute, chicken pox, space porn, great red spot
io9 - May 2, 2008
When other planets do storms, they do 'em right. The Cassini spacecraft snapped photos of this monster thunderstorm on Saturn that's been raging for five months now, each lightning bolt packing 10,000 times more juice …
Also tagged: cassini, saturn, lightning, thunderstorm, space porn