Stuck antenna freed on Jupiter-bound spacecraft
A crucial radar antenna on a European spacecraft bound for Jupiter is no longer jammed.
Space Exploration
May 12, 2023
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Galactic gobble: Star swallows planet in one big gulp
For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet—not just a nibble or bite, but one big gulp.
Astronomy
May 6, 2023
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Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer's first taste of science from space
ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, has recorded magnetic field data as its 10.6 m-long magnetometer boom deployed.
Space Exploration
Apr 27, 2023
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European spacecraft on way to Jupiter and its icy moons
A European spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a decadelong quest to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons that could hold buried oceans.
Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2023
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Europe's Jupiter probe set for new launch attempt
The European Space Agency's JUICE mission to explore Jupiter's icy, ocean-bearing moons will again try to blast off on Friday, a day after the first launch attempt was called off due to the threat of lightning.
Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2023
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Ariane 5 flight VA260, carrying the Juice mission, is fully integrated and ready for rollout
Ariane 5 for flight VA260 carrying ESA's Juice mission is seen here fully integrated and ready for rollout for its planned April 13, 2023 launch from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2023
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Astronomers discover a warm Jupiter-sized exoplanet
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new, warm Jupiter-sized exoplanet orbiting a dwarf star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-4127 b, is more ...
Planets on parade: 5 will be lined up in night sky this week
Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a planetary hangout.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 26, 2023
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Hubble monitors changing weather and seasons of Jupiter and Uranus
Ever since its launch in 1990, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been an interplanetary weather observer, keeping an eye on the largely gaseous outer planets and their ever-changing atmospheres. NASA spacecraft missions to ...
Astronomy
Mar 23, 2023
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Examining properties that allow moons to retain liquid water and possibly enable life
Liquid water is one of the most important ingredients for the emergence of life as we know it on Earth. Researchers of the ORIGINS Cluster from the fields of astrophysics, astrochemistry and biochemistry have now determined ...
Astrobiology
Mar 20, 2023
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