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Europe's Jupiter probe to stage daring lunar-Earth fly-by

PARIS (Reuters) -European scientists were poised to attempt a first in orbital gymnastics late on Monday, tapping into the gravity of the Moon and then the Earth in quick succession to guide the JUICE ...
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Jupiter designed the solar system. Here's what the planet was like as a child.

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, used to be much bigger and ...
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Beyond Gravity Computer Controls Europe’s Jupiter Spacecraft JUICE

Beyond Gravity, a leading supplier to the space industry, provided key products for Europe’s first mission to Jupiter. The Airbus-built Juice satellite is controlled by a computer and protected by ...
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Alien comet 3I/ATLAS takes a puzzling path toward Jupiter

Comet 3I/ATLAS is cutting across the solar system on a trajectory that does not quite match expectations, threading past the giant planets in a way that has planetary scientists recalculating what ...
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'Super-Jupiter' Exoplanets May Look Like Nothing We've Ever Seen

To test this idea, the new study looks at an exoplanet known as VHS 1256b. It has a mass of around 20 Jupiters and is one of ...
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JUICE mission to launch study of oceans beneath Jupiter's icy moons

Update: risk of lightning at the launch site Thursday morning has postponed the launch to Friday. The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing the launch of the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) ...
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What If Earth Orbited Jupiter?

Imagine you had to experience an apocalypse every day. Volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, asteroid showers. Every day would be a struggle for survival. That’s because Earth is now a moon of Jupiter. Why ...
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NASA Juno electronics study Jupiter: Gravity Science Experiment

The Juno spacecraft now orbiting Jupiter has a suite of science instruments which will investigate the existence of a possible solid planetary core, map Jupiter’s intense magnetic field, measure the ...
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Jupiter - The Majestic Planet

Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun – The Majestic Planet, with its massive size, swirling multi-colored clouds, and giant red spot, it’s hard not to gaze at it in wonder and amazement and ask how ...
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In Jupiter's swirling Great Red Spot, NASA spacecraft finds hidden depths

Jupiter is well-known for being the biggest planet in our solar system, and it's also home to the biggest storm. It's called the Great Red Spot, an enormous vortex that has been swirling for centuries ...
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Europe’s Jupiter probe to stage daring lunar-Earth fly-by

Just over a year after it was launched, the European Space agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is returning towards Earth on Aug. 19-20 and will use the braking effect of its gravity to take a ...