Articles

Jupiter

Aguirre, Edwin. “Hubble Zooms in on Jupiter’s New Red Spot.” Sky & Telescope (August 2006): 26.

Beatty, J. “Into the Giant.” Sky & Telescope (April 1996): 20. On the Galileo probe.

Beebe, R. “Queen of the Giant Storms.” Sky & Telescope (October 1990): 359. Excellent review of the Red Spot.

Johnson, T. “The Galileo Mission to Jupiter and Its Moons.” Scientific American (February 2000): 40. Results about Jupiter, Io, Ganymede, and Callisto.

Simon, A. “The Not-So-Great Red Spot.” Sky & Telescope (March 2016): 18. On how the huge storm on Jupiter is evolving with time.

Smith, B. “Voyage of the Century.” National Geographic (August 1990): 48. Beautiful summary of the Voyager mission to all four outer planets.

Stern, S. “Jupiter Up Close and Personal.” Astronomy (August 2007): 28. On the New Horizons mission flyby in February 2007.

Saturn

Gore, R. “The Riddle of the Rings.” National Geographic (July 1981): 3. Colorful report on the Voyager mission.

McEwen, A. “Cassini Unveils Saturn.” Astronomy (July 2006): 30. A report on the first two years of discoveries in the Saturn system.

Spilker, L. “Saturn Revolution.” Astronomy (October 2008): 34. On results from the Cassini mission.

Talcott, R. “Saturn’s Sweet Surprises.” Astronomy (June 2007): 52. On Cassini mission results.

Uranus and Neptune

Cowling, T. “Big Blue: The Twin Worlds of Uranus and Neptune.” Astronomy (October 1990): 42. Nice, long review of the two planets.

Gore, R. “Neptune: Voyager’s Last Picture Show.” National Geographic (August 1990): 35.

Lunine, J. “Neptune at 150.” Sky & Telescope (September 1996): 38. Nice review.

Websites

Jupiter

• NASA Solar System Exploration
• Nine Planets Site
• Planetary Sciences Site

Saturn

• NASA Solar System Exploration
• Nine Planets Site
• Planetary Sciences Site

Uranus

• NASA Solar System Exploration
• Nine Planets Site
• Planetary Sciences Site

Neptune

• NASA Solar System Exploration
• Nine Planets Site
• Planetary Sciences Site

Missions

• Cassini Mission Site at the Jet Propulsion Lab
• Cassini-Huygens Mission Site at European Space Agency
• NASA Galileo Mission Site
• NASA’s Juno Mission to Jupiter
• Voyager Mission Site at the Jet Propulsion Lab

Videos

Cassini: 15 Years of Exploration: Quick visual summary of mission highlights (2:29)

In the Land of Enchantment: The Epic Story of the Cassini Mission to Saturn: An inspiring illustrated lecture by Cassini Mission Imagining Lead Scientist Carolyn Porco (1:37:52)

Jupiter: The Largest Planet: Produced by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and Science on a Sphere (7:29)