Tag: Jupiter

• A dance of planets and probes (Science Advent 11)

  (Every day until December 25, I’m posting a science-related image or video and description.) Day 11 Like so many of us, I love science fiction movies and TV, but for the sake of narrative, they make difficult things simple. In particular, spaceships move in and out of “standard orbit” (to use Star Trek‘s terminology) effortlessly.…

  Matthew R. Francis

  December 11, 2013

  Astronomy

  Advent 2013, Jupiter, Space exploration