jupiter
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Shock to the System: Stuck Antenna on Jupiter Probe Finally Unfurls After Clever Fix
A JUICE instrument for scanning the subsurface structure of Jupiter’s icy moons has finally been extended to its full length after stubbornly refusing to do so since launching last month.
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JUICE Spacecraft Sends Farewell Photos of Earth as it Heads for Jupiter
Shortly after beginning its eight-year journey to Jupiter, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) JUICE mission posed with its home planet for some parting shots.
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What to Know About the JUICE Mission to Jupiter and Its Frozen Moons
More than a decade after the mission was announced, JUICE is finally ready for its much-anticipated journey to Jupiter. Packed with 10 instruments, it’s one of the most advanced probes ever sent to the outer solar system. Here’s your guide to the European Space Agency’s historic mission, set to launch on April 13.
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Watch Four Planets Spin Around a Star 130 Million Light-Years Away
Astronomical phenomena tend to occur over timespans that dwarf our human scale — a galaxy changes over millions and billions of years, not decades. But a new timelapse of observations of a distant star system shows its clockwork motion over just 12 years, packed into only a few seconds.