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See Hubble's Views Of Jupiter And Its Great Red Spot Over Time

The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot in 2023 and 2024. Credit: NASA, ESA, J.

NASA told to chase potential alien probe before it's gone forever

Instead, scientists are looking into existing spacecraft already in orbit around other planets. Harvard Professor Avi Loeb ...
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Jupiter and its 4 largest moons will line up in the sky on Aug. 8. Here's how to see the 'parade'

Jupiter's four Galilean moons will line up in front of Jupiter in the early morning sky on Aug. 8. The predawn hours of Aug. 8 present a perfect opportunity to see Jupiter's four largest moons line up ...

Jupiter-Venus conjunction: Will solar system's 2 brightest planets be visible in Florida?

Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in our solar system, should be widely visible for much of August in Florida and ...

OTD In Space - August 5: Juno Spacecraft Launches To Jupiter

On Aug. 5, 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on a mission to study Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. The ...
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NASA's Largest Interplanetary Probe Uses Mars for Target Practice En Route to Jupiter Moon

American space agency NASA says it used the gravity assist maneuver the Europa Clipper conducted back in March to test the ...
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NASA's Europa Clipper radar passes key test during Mars flyby

Launched in October 2024, Europa Clipper is on a 1.8-billion-mile (2.9-billion-kilometer) journey to study Jupiter and its moons. On March 1, it flew within 550 miles (884 kilometers) of Mars' surface ...