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Starry Swoosh From Jupiter Probe Is an Encouraging Sign
The JUICE spacecraft captured its first ultraviolet views of the cosmos, revealing a beautiful streak of the Milky Way littered with shining stars from the southern sky. It’s not the most spectacular image, but it signals operational progress. JUICE’s Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) instrument recently sprung into action, collecting its first set of data that was…
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Here’s What NASA’s Probe Saw When It Flew Past Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede
NASA’s Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft was able to capture new images of the moon Ganymede during a close flyby on Monday. The natural satellite, the biggest moon in the solar system, has an icy surface that covers an interior of rock and iron.
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Forgotten Data From 1996 Sheds New Light On Jupiter’s Mysterious Moon Ganymede
Twenty-two years ago, the Galileo spacecraft made its first flyby of Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. Scientists with NASA have taken a new look at the data collected during that historic encounter, providing tantalising new details about this strange celestial object, its unique magnetic shield, and its unusually bright auroras.
