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4 days ago · In October 2024, the spacecraft will travel 2.6-billion-kilometres to Jupiter's moon Europa. After almost six-year-long journey, Clipper will reach its destination in April 30 all while...
4 days ago · Clipper will be the largest spacecraft ever sent to another planet, designed to withstand Jupiter’s punishing radiation. Once it arrives at Jupiter in 2030, NASA plans to do about 50 flybys of Europa, mapping almost the entire surface of this watery world.
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2 days ago · On July 6, 1938, an American astronomer named Seth Barnes Nicholson discovered Jupiter's moon Lysithea. Nicholson spotted Lysithea from Mount Wilson Observatory in California, where he had ...
5 days ago · Using its Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument, a project by the Italian Space Agency originally used to peer beneath Jupiter's thick clouds, Juno has captured infrared images of...
5 days ago · Ganymede will be explored in depth by ESA’s JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) that was launched in April 2023 and is making its way to Jupiter. While the primary mission of the spacecraft is to explore the ice moons of Ganymede, Europa and Callisto, it will be orbiting Jupiter.
1 day ago · July 18, 2024: The three brighter outer planets – Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – are visible during morning twilight. The gibbous moon is near the galactic center. 2024, July 17: Moon-Antares Conjunction. July 17, 2024: After sundown, look for the Moon-Antares conjunction in the southern sky.
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5 days ago · It has a narrow system of rings and 92 known moons, one larger than the planet Mercury and three larger than Earth’s Moon. Some astronomers speculate that Jupiter’s moon Europa may be hiding an ocean of warm water—and possibly even some kind of life—beneath an icy crust.
