New Astrobites Post: Measuring the Winds on Jupiter and Saturn Using Gravity

Here’s a new post for Astrobites!. The authors of today’s paper used gravity measurements from the NASA missions Juno and Cassini (orbiting Jupiter and Saturn, respectively) to calculate how deep winds penetrate into each planet. Read the full post to find out how they did it!

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The east-west (zonal) wind flows on Jupiter and Saturn, which align with the bands on each planet

New Astrobites Post: The Boundary Between 'Icy' and 'Gassy' Giant Planets

Here’s my newest post for Astrobites!

Why does a planet form more like a Jupiter (lots of gas and very little ice) or more like a Neptune (less gas, and more ice)? Read on to find out!