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Jupiter’s Giant Face Looks Super Unhappy About Something
NASA’s Juno mission captured this enormous ‘frown’ on the gas giant.
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Webb Telescope Spots Carbon on Jupiter’s Moon Europa, Boosting Prospects for Alien Life
The Webb Space Telescope has made its latest significant discovery: the observation of carbon dioxide coming from a part of Europa, the frozen moon orbiting Jupiter which harbors a salty water ocean under its icy surface. The finding is a boost for astrobiology, or the search for life beyond Earth. Carbon is critical for life…
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Hubble, Webb Telescopes Team Up to Study Jupiter’s Tumultuous Volcanic Moon
Jupiter’s orbit is swarming with nearly 100 moons, but none are as hardcore as the volcanic world Io. That’s why it’s going to take an iconic collaboration to truly probe the odd satellite in order to unravel its many mysteries. The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will use the Hubble and James Webb telescopes to simultaneously…
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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…