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Moon joy at Jupiter | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2026

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a photo of Jupiter's moon Thebe.
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Is Jupiter smaller than we thought? NASA spacecraft makes new find

Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system, is not as big as we thought. For more than half-a-century, astronomers thought they had a good idea of the gas giant's shape and size. Now, a fresh ...

It almost got away, but NASA's Juno caught something near Jupiter

The extended mission will continue until the spacecraft dies. Though Juno will eventually fall toward Jupiter as its ...

NASA’s Galileo spacecraft plunged into Jupiter’s hellish clouds after becoming the first human-made object to orbit an outer planet, and what it revealed still sounds ...

NASA crashed the Galileo spacecraft into Jupiter to save Europa. Discover the impossible secrets revealed during its hellish ...
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Spacecraft to fly over Jupiter's Great Red Spot

An unmanned NASA spacecraft is about to fly over a massive storm raging on Jupiter, in a long-awaited a journey that could shed new light on the forces driving the planets Great Red Spot. The flyby of ...
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To Keep the Voyager 1 Spacecraft on Its Interstellar Journey, NASA Turned Off One of Its Few Remaining Instruments

The probe launched almost 50 years ago and is the farthest human-made object from Earth. Shutting down one of its scientific devices will help it conserve energy and continue traveling toward the edge ...

Planet Jupiter, explained

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick ...