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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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What’s That Big White Splotch on Uranus?
With all the fanfare around the Webb Space Telescope, it’s easy to forget about the tireless work of Hubble, its predecessor. The 30-year-old orbiting observatory has taken new images of Jupiter and Uranus that reveal recent changes in the atmospheres of the two worlds.
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Close-Up Photo of Jupiter’s Moon Europa Shows a Bizarre Surface
NASA’s Juno spacecraft took images of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa during a recent flyby. One of the photos — released this week by NASA — offers an intimate view of Europa’s surface features.
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10 of the Best Images of Earth NASA Shared This Month
NASA Earth Observatory has been cataloging images of our planet since 1999, bringing us coverage of all the cool and weird geology Earth has to offer. The Observatory publishes images taken by different satellites or by astronauts aboard the International Space Station depicting Earth’s geography, environment, and geology. You can see ice sheets melting, wildfires…