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Jupiter: Latest Discoveries and Photos
Learn the latest discoveries about Jupiter and the Jovian moons and rings. The gas giant Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system.
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There's no room for multibillion-dollar exploration efforts in the current NASA budget.
A hidden lake beneath an icy shelf could provide clues for how to explore Jupiter's ice-covered moon, Europa.
Russian scientists have drilled 13,000 feet below Antarctica to the Lake Vostok, sealed off to the world for at least 14 million years, and if life can be found there, it may be possible in similar conditions on Europa and Enceladus.
NASA's Juno probe is the first solar-powered spacecraft to the outer solar system.
Jupiter is a giant among the solar system planets. See photos of Jupiter from telescopes and visiting spacecraft.
Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and several prominent giant stars highlight a brilliant month in the night sky. Tonight's Sky for February 2012 shows how to see them all.
A waxing crescent moon will pay a visit to Jupiter in the evening sky.
In this space wallpaper, DARPA’s Galileo program seeks to bridge the precision fiber optic controls and long-baseline astronomical interferometry technical communities to enable imaging of objects in GEO faster than is possible today.
See amazing astronomy images created by French-born artist Etienne Leopold Trouvelot in the 1800s.
From a dazzling meteor shower to a smoky nebula with a bright heart, it's been a remarkable week for space photography.
On Jan. 10, skywatchers will be able to see Ganymede and Europa cross the face of Jupiter.
The Beidou satnav system currently consists of 10 satellites but will grow to 35 by 2020.
Don't miss the seven major planets of the solar system in the night sky this week.
The bright planets Venus and Jupiter will move closer together in the evening sky over the next couple months.
The lander mission is just a concept, but it could launch by 2020.
Jupiter & Venus, the two brightest planets dance each night closer until, on March 14th, 2012, they appear to pass within 3° of one another. Animation made with Starry Night software.
The planets are all about the size of Jupiter.
With a worldwide shortage of plutonium-238, future planetary science missions are in jeopardy.
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