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NASA's Juno Spacecraft Captures New Stunning Views of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Io

These high-definition images, taken on July 30, have undergone processing by imaging experts and enthusiasts. NASA has made these detailed snapshots available on the mission's official website, marking a significant advancement in our understanding of Io.

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Hubble Captures a Star Blasting a Planet's Atmosphere Away

This remarkable event, unfolding in the system known as AU Microscopii, located just 32 light-years away, showcases the interplay between a planet and its parent star in a truly extreme setting.

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James Webb Space Telescope Detects Water in a Rocky Planet-Forming Zone

The discovery of water vapor in PDS 70's planetary system opens up new avenues for understanding the formation of rocky planets and the presence of water in other star systems.

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NASA to Send Its Psyche Mission to a Golden Asteroid Worth $10,000 Quadrillion

Scheduled for launch on October 5, 2023, atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, the Psyche spacecraft will provide planetary scientists with an unprecedented opportunity to study an iron core similar to the Earth's center.

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NASA Released Webb's New Image of a Small Star-Forming Region

The featured image reveals the nearest star-forming region to us, located 390 light-years away. Its proximity allows for an unprecedented close-up view, devoid of foreground stars that would otherwise obstruct the scene.

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NASA Unveils a New Stunning Video from Mars

The remarkable level of detail in the video is a testament to the HiRISE camera's capabilities. Its exceptional resolution and precision allow for the capture of even the smallest objects, resulting in a breathtaking visual experience.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Discovers a Doughnut-Shaped Rock on Mars

The rock, which resembles a doughnut, was captured in a photograph taken on Friday, June 23. It is surrounded by other rocks of a similar shade, indicating a shared origin that could extend beyond Mars.

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NASA Administrator Says Humanity Can Land on Mars by 2040

NASA believes that the goal of landing humans on Mars can be achieved by 2040. The agency is working on various technological advancements and mission plans to make this ambitious objective a reality.

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NASA's Sun-Touching Parker Solar Probe Catches the Solar Wind

By uncovering the origin of the solar wind, NASA's Parker Solar Probe brings scientists one step closer to understanding the complex behavior of our star and improving our ability to predict and mitigate the impacts of solar activity on Earth.

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Saturn's Iconic Rings Are Disappearing

Over time, the rings lose tons of mass every second, ultimately leading to their disappearance. Scientists estimate that the rings may last for another few hundred million years before vanishing completely.

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NASA Invites People to Send Their Names to Jupiter's Moon Europa

The names, along with the poem, will be engraved onto a special microchip, creating a symbolic message in a bottle that will accompany the Europa Clipper spacecraft as it embarks on its historical mission.

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NASA's Juno Probe Captures New Stunning Views of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Io

The new images have confirmed the high volcanic activity of Io, with countless volcanoes and lava flows seen on the surface of Jupiter's satellite. NASA estimates that there are hundreds of actively erupting volcanoes over the surface of IO.

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NASA Shared New Stunning Photos of the Moon's South Pole

The images were taken by a highly sensitive optical ShadowCam camera carried around the Moon by the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), which launched in August 2022 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

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Astronomers Spotted a Star Swallowing Its Planet for the First Time

The Sun will swallow the three closest planets to it (Mercury, Venus, and Earth) when it enters the red giant stage in about five billion years. According to scientists, this observation gave the first real idea of how this engulfment occurs.

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NASA Unveils the Most Detailed 3D Map of Mars

The most detailed interactive map of Mars has a resolution of about 25 square meters per pixel and was created by the scientists of the Bruce Murray Planetary Visualization Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology over the course of six years.

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Astronomers Detect the Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst in Space

Numerous space detectors recorded a powerful gamma-ray burst passing through our solar system. The burst was officially named GRB 221009A, but unofficially it was dubbed BOAT, which stands for "brightest of all time."

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NASA's James Webb Telescope Captures New Images of Uranus

The so-called polar cap is clearly visible on the right side of the planet in the image. It appears when the pole is exposed to direct sunlight in the summer and disappears in the fall.

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NASA and Axiom Space Unveil a New Spacesuit for Artemis Moon Landing

Previously, NASA has selected Axiom Space as a company to develop and produce a next-generation spacesuit for the upcoming Artemis Lunar Program and future missions to the International Space Station (ISS).

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NASA's Webb Telescope Spots Dust Storms on a Distant Exoplanet

Researchers proved that its swirling clouds are made up of silicate particles, ranging from tiny specks to small grains. The temperature of the atmosphere reaches 830 degrees Celsius (1,500 degrees Fahrenheit).

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NASA's Curiosity Rover Snapped a Photo of a Sunset on Mars

Martian clouds are mostly made of frozen ice and float about 60 kilometers above the ground. However, in this new image, the clouds reach an unusually higher altitude. NASA suggests these clouds are probably made of carbon dioxide ice, also known as dry ice.

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NASA's Juno Spacecraft Captured an Infrared Image of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Io

Scientists hope to gather more data on the moon's volcanoes that affect the planet's magnetic field and help form massive auroras on Jupiter. According to the researchers, Jupiter has the brightest auroras in the entire solar system.

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Hubble Space Telescope Captures Aftermath of NASA's DART Asteroid Impact

The newly released movie begins roughly 1.3 hours before the DART impact, then shows the system of two asteroids two hours after the event, with debris moving at speeds fast enough to overcome the gravitational pull of the asteroid system.

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NASA Shares a New Stunning Image of Earth Taken by the NOAA-21 Satellite

As noted, the images of the Earth that make up this mosaic and several close-ups were captured on December 5 and 6 using an instrument called the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard the NOAA-21 imaging satellite.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Records the Sound of a Dust Devil on Mars

On September 27, 2021, the vortex of at least 118 metres high and 25 metres wide passed directly over the rover as it landed in the Jezero crater.

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Saudi Arabia Will Send Its First Female Astronaut Into Space

Rayyana Barnawi will join her fellow Saudi astronaut Ali Al-Qarni on a 10-day mission to the International Space Station. Barnawi and Al Qarni will fly to the ISS aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft as part of a mission by private space company Axiom Space.