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Jupiter’s icy moons may have been seeded with the chemical ingredients for life from the very beginning. An international team of scientists modeled how complex organic molecules—essential building ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a photo of Jupiter's moon Thebe.

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Are you familiar with the constellation Crater the Cup? If not, don’t worry — you’re about to spot it tonight. This mid-sized constellation, measuring 53rd in size among the 88 official constellations ...

A Jupiter and moon conjunction will be visible this week, making the two objects appear close together in the night sky. The conjunction will be visible on the evenings of March 25 and March 26.

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