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Amazing animation of ESA's JUICE spacecraft flying to the Jupiter system

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) that was launched in 2023 will take about 8 years to arrive at the jovian system ...

Animation From Spacecraft Data: Fly Over A Mountain And Lava Lake On Jupiter's Moon Lo

NASA Juno spacecraft data has been used to create an animation of "Steeple Mountain" and a lava lake known as Loki Patera on Jupiter's moon Io. Credit: Space.com | NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS | edited ...
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New observations of the most volcanic world in our solar system solve a mystery that began with Voyager 1

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Flybys of Jupiter ...
Phys.org

Astrophysicists suggest shaded outer disk regions formed Jupiter's largest moons

A pair of astrophysicists with Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, and Institut Universitaire de France have developed a new theory about the formation of Jupiter's largest moons. In their paper ...
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How Jupiter cultivated more large moons than Saturn

Artist’s impression of the simulations conducted in this research. Jupiter (lower left) has a strong magnetic field which creates a cavity in its circumplanetary disk. Saturn (upper right) lacks a ...