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Close-Up View Of X1-Class Solar Flare Via NASA's IRIS Mission

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission captured an X1.1-class solar flare. See time-lapse footage of the ...
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NASA Juno spacecraft discovers auroral ‘footprints’ of Jupiter’s moon Callisto

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has successfully found and characterised the auroral “footprints” of Jupiter’s moon Callisto for the first time. This discovery completes ...
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Jupiter's moon Callisto joins other moons in auroral footprint fun

NASA's Juno spacecraft has detected the auroras of Jupiter's moon Callisto for the first time, completing observations of all four Galilean moons.
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Mars and Jupiter get chummy in the night sky. The planets won't get this close again until 2033

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Forbes

In Photos: See NASA Juno’s Jaw-Dropping New Images Of Jupiter

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has returned new images of Jupiter after its 66th close flyby as it enters the final year of its mission. The $1 billion spacecraft completed its latest close flyby on Oct. 23, ...
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The Object at the Center of Jupiter Is So Strange That It Defies Comprehension

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers: an object so unfathomably dense and hot that it defies comprehension. Conventional ...
NPR

Mars and Jupiter pair up this week in a celestial dance unseen from Earth in years

Look up at the sky this week and you'll see Mars and Jupiter in a tight lineup not seen for years. On Wednesday, the two planets will be at their closest proximity to each other from Earth's ...