Tag: Jupiter
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See the messages NASA is sending to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa
[ad_1] Illustration of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft NASA/JPL-Caltech IN OCTOBER, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is due to start its journey to explore Jupiter’s ice-encrusted moon Europa (imagined above in illustration). NASA asked the scientific organisation that I lead, METI International, to draw on our expertise at attempting to contact extraterrestrial intelligence and help craft a…
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NASA’s mission to Europa isn’t meant to find alien life – but it could
[ad_1] An artist’s impression of Europa Clipper near the moon it is named after NASA An instrument on a NASA spacecraft due to blast off to Europa later this year may be able to directly detect cellular material ejected from the icy moon of Jupiter, raising the prospects for finding life. Europa has garnered scientific…
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We may have found a crater on Jupiter’s moon Io for the first time
[ad_1] This may be the first impact crater spotted on Io NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill, CC BY 2.0 An amateur astronomer may have found the first crater ever spotted on Jupiter’s moon Io. Io is so volcanically active that eruptions tend to wipe away any impact craters, so we have never seen one until now. Jesper…
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Police launch murder probe after man found dead in Inverness
[ad_1] Ross MacGillivray, 36, was described as a ‘doting father and loving husband’. [ad_2] Source link
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How Jupiter’s powerful storms compare to weather on hot Jupiters
[ad_1] Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Shutterstock / joshimerbin The following is an extract from our monthly Launchpad newsletter, in which resident space expert Leah Crane journeys through the solar system and beyond. You can sign up for Launchpad for free here. Jupiter is enormous, and its storms are objectively monumental. The Great Red Spot, for example,…
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Halloween surprise: Nasa’s Juno mission spots eerie ‘face’ on Jupiter – Times of India
[ad_1] During a recent flyby of Jupiter, Nasa‘s Juno spacecraft captured an image that eerily resembles a “face,” offering a timely Halloween surprise.The photograph, taken on September 7, showcases a region in Jupiter’s far northern area known as Jet N7. This region displays a series of swirling clouds and tumultuous storms that together form a…