05 September 2016
Surprises for Jupiter as Juno sends back its first images
... we have seen or imagined before," said Scott Bolton, principal investigator of Juno from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. "It's bluer in colour up there than other parts of the planet, and there are a lot of storms. There...
06 February 2017
Planet and Google announce final stages of Terra Bella deal
... $500 million. The current deal includes the relocation of a significant number of Terra Bella employees to Planet, located in San Fransisco, California. The acquisition includes all of Terra Bella's business dealings, along with its seven SkySat...
26 May 2017
First results from Juno mission
... of this as a whole new Jupiter,” added Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. Some puzzling features that has come to light is why both of Jupiter’s poles look different and...
14 July 2017
Juno gets in close to The Great Red Spot
... Jupiter's Great Red Spot," said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. "Now we have the best pictures ever of this iconic storm. It will take us some time to analyse...
20 October 2017
NASA Psyche mission to use laser communication
... beam data from space will be received at a large aperture ground telescope at Palomar Mountain Observatory in California, near San Diego. "Having our robotic mission test technology that we hope will help us eventually communicate with people...
06 November 2017
Enceladus more active than previously thought
... on this relatively small ball of ice (Enceladus is just over 500 kilometres in diameter, thus fitting comfortably between San Francisco and Los Angeles), could be quantified. The key is the highly fragmented rocky core, as it favours a scenario...
