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Astronomers Discover 12 More Moons Orbiting Around Jupiter
More Moons for Jupiter Astronomy researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Science recently announced their discovery of 12 additional moons orbiting Jupiter. This brings up the total number of Jupiter’s natural satellites to a whopping 79, by far the largest of any planet in our solar system. Only 16 are…
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NASA Report that Jupiter is Experiencing a Crazy Storm
NASA report that Jupiter is currently experiencing a crazy storm pattern Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. I know this because I just Google’d it to make sure. At roughly 300 times the size of Earth, the planet dwarfs everything else, except the sun, in our local…
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Juno Returns The First Photos From Jupiter
NASA is keen on pursuing its mission to outer space and Juno is just the latest way for them to not only fly through but picture our solar system in ways we’ve never managed before. Juno has managed to send back the first photos since it began orbiting Jupiter last…
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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Will Reach Jupiter Soon
The Juno spacecraft created by NASA is currently traveling closer and closer to the largest planet in our solar system – Jupiter. It looks like the spacecraft will actually reach the planet on July 4 thus completing its 372 million-mile trip through the Solar System. Once it reaches its destination, Juno will…
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Watch This Amazing Journey From the Sun to Jupiter at the Speed of Light
Have you ever wondered how it’s like to travel through our solar system? Yeah, it may be boring and it may take years and years if you’re not travelling at the speed of light, but how about a virtual journey? If your answer is yes, then let animator Alphonse Swinehart…
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NASA Building Largest Rocket of All Time, Will Launch in 2018
NASA are cooking up something big, very big! The simple-named Space Launch System, a 384 feet tall rocket, the biggest ever created. To put this into perspective the Saturn V was just 363 feet and that one took us to the moon. The new rocket will also offer up 20% more…
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