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While performing its 17th flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft witnessed a volcanic plume erupting from the surface…
The largest planet in our Solar System also happens to be one of the most beautiful, as the Juno spacecraft’s latest…
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We’re up for a big week in the news, folks. There’s a lot going to happen, from Apple’s big September 12th announcement…
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NASA’s Galileo spacecraft surprised scientists when it revealed that Jupiter’s moon Ganymede generated its own magnetic…
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Scientists announced that they have discovered 10 previously unknown moons orbiting Jupiter. This brings the gaseous…
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Thank you, Juno spacecraft, for this glorious new image of Jupiter’s southernmost regions—and for reminding us of the…
As unearthly as it may be, Jupiter shares a phenomenon with our own planet that you might find very familiar: lightning…
The Juno spacecraft currently orbiting Jupiter was supposed end its mission by crashing into the gas giant next month.…
Sometimes, scientists have the answers all along—they just don’t think to ask the question. For example, it appears…
A mission that would sample plumes of gas shooting off of Jovian moon Europa appears to remain on track for a 2022…
A rock that formed in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter seems to have somehow traveled to the orbit of…
Our planet is in a remarkably circular orbit around the Sun, but as new research points out, Earth’s orbit sometimes…
This weekend I got to experience the dark skies over a nameless lake somewhere between Grand Forks, North Dakota and…
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