Spacecraft buzzes Jupiter's mega moon, 1st close-up in years
NASA's Juno spacecraft has provided the first close-ups of Jupiter's largest moon in two decades.
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Jun 9, 2021
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News tagged with planet mercury
Mercury-bound spacecraft buzzes Earth, beams back pictures
A Mercury-bound spacecraft swooped past Earth on Friday, tweaking its roundabout path to the solar system's smallest and innermost planet.
Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2020
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Mercury putting on rare show Monday, parading across the sun
Mercury is putting on a rare celestial show next week, parading across the sun in view of most of the world.
Space Exploration
Nov 8, 2019
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Mercury studies reveal an intriguing target for BepiColombo
A month before the planned launch of the joint ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury, two new studies shed light on when the innermost planet formed and the puzzle of its chemical composition. The findings will be presented ...
Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2018
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Newly-discovered planet is hot, metallic and dense as Mercury (Update)
A hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet with a density similar to Mercury—situated 340 light years away—has been detected and characterised by a global team of astronomers, including the University of Warwick.
Astronomy
Mar 27, 2018
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Researchers find most volcanic activity on Mercury stopped about 3.5 billion years ago
New research from North Carolina State University finds that major volcanic activity on the planet Mercury most likely ended about 3.5 billion years ago. These findings add insight into the geological evolution of Mercury ...
Space Exploration
Aug 5, 2016
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A planetary quintet is dancing across the skies
"When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then peace will guide the planets, and love will steer the stars."
Space Exploration
Jan 22, 2016
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Mercury's movements give scientists peek inside the planet
The first measurements of Mercury's movements from a spacecraft orbiting the planet reveal new insights about the makeup of the solar system's innermost world and its interactions with other planetary bodies.
Space Exploration
Sep 9, 2015
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Titan's atmosphere even more Earth-like than previously thought
Scientists at UCL have observed how a widespread polar wind is driving gas from the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. The team analysed data gathered over seven years by the international Cassini probe, and found that the ...
Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2015
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NASA spacecraft crashes on Mercury after 11-year mission
An unmanned NASA spacecraft has crashed on the surface of the planet Mercury, after it ran out of fuel following a successful 11-year mission, the US space agency said Thursday.
Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2015
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