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Where Is Jupiter? Don’t Miss The Giant Planet’s Comeback On Wednesday
The solar system’s largest planet return to the sky on Wednesday, July 9, beginning Jupiter’s slow rise to prominence.
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Jupiter In High Definition Created From Hubble Space Telescope Imagery
Hubble Space Telescope imagery created an HD look at the gas giant planet Jupiter. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
Rare Jupiter-sized planet discovered 3,200 light-years away using Einstein’s space-time warping method
According to Live Scence, the planet’s shadow was first spotted in 2021 in data taken by the European Space Agency’s Gaia ...
OTD In Space - July 9: Voyager 2’s Closest Approach To Jupiter
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the planet's cloud tops. Voyager 2 was one of two space probes launched by NASA ...
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What NASA's Galileo Spacecraft Saw As It Plunged Into Jupiter
"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian atmosphere at a comet-like speed of 170,000 kilometers per hour," NASA ...
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July Has 9 Major Astronomical Events Including Meteor Showers and a Planet Parade—and the First Starts Tonight
Watch the waning gibbous moon, Saturn, and Neptune meet in the night sky around midnight on July 16. The trio will travel ...
Astronomers detect first known ‘death wish’ planet
Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...