News from the RAS

Robert Massey brings us the latest news from the Royal Astronomical Society, including a new trick to see the earliest stars, and the occultation of Jupiter coming up on July 15th...

25 June 2012

By Chris Smith.

Part of the show Plant Pathogens Observed From Orbit

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The Great Red Spot as seen from Voyager 1 This dramatic view of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and its surroundings was obtained by Voyager 1 on February 25, 1979, when the spacecraft was 5.7 million miles (9.2 million kilometers) from Jupiter. Cloud...

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CC0 - NASA/Jet Propulsion Lab

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