NASA’s Juno space craft captures ‘sprites’ and ‘elves’ dancing in Jupiter’s atmosphere

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured electric blue ‘sprites’ and ‘elves’ dancing in Jupiter’s atmosphere. Such transient luminous events occur on Earth during a thunderstorm, but these are the first to be observed on another world. The bright, unpredictable flashes of lights typically form on our planet about 60 miles above large thunderstorms, creating flares that … Read more

‘I didn’t think trans women like me could find true love’ says Juno Dawson

‘Some men with trans women keep them in the shadows. I’m lucky Max doesn’t care’ Juno Dawson has had a long, often heartbreaking struggle to become the woman she always knew she was. But she never dared to dream she’d find a man who’d love that woman. Eimear O’Hagan hears the story of a thoroughly modern … Read more

NASA’s Juno spacecraft spots violent plumes on Jupiter’s moon Io 

Giant volcanic eruptions on Jupiter’s moon Io have been spotted by NASA’s Juno probe. On Dec. 21, during winter solstice, four of Juno’s cameras captured images of the Jovian moon Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system, on the mission’s 17th flyby of the gas giant.  Stunned researchers say they hit the jackpot by … Read more