Sun reaches maximum phase in 11-year solar cycle
16 Oct
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Sun reaches maximum phase in 11-year solar cycle

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Europa Clipper blasts off: What’s next for NASA’s biggest-ever interplanetary spacecraft?
16 Oct
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Europa Clipper blasts off: What’s next for NASA’s biggest-ever interplanetary spacecraft?

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NASA Space Technology An artist's impression of Europa Clipper performing a flyby of Europa as it orbits Jupiter(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)NASA has successfully launched the Europa Clipper, the agency's biggest-ever interplanetary spacecraft, into space and it's now headed for Jupiter's frozen moon Europa."Congratulations to our Europa Clipper team for beginning the first journey to an ocean world beyond Earth," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement.The craft took off Oct. 14 on top of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was originally slated to launch Oct. 10, but the mission was pushed back because of Hurricane Miltonwhich smashed into Florida Oct. 9.When the Europa Clipper arrives in 2030, the orbiter will study the frozen moon's hidden ocean, which is locked beneath an icy shell, to determine how...
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NASA Astronauts, SOHO Spacecraft Snap New Images of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
16 Oct
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NASA Astronauts, SOHO Spacecraft Snap New Images of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

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NASA Space Technology A bright comet from the Oort cloud named C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is passing by Earth and will be visible through the second half of October 2024.This image, taken by the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) on October 10, 2024, shows comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and its bright tail streaming from the upper left to the right; Mercury appears as a bright dot on the left. Image credit: ESA / NASA.Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was discovered by astronomers at the Purple Mountain Observatory in China on January 9, 2023.Otherwise known as C/2023 A3, the comet was independently spotted by ATLAS in South Africa on February 22, 2023.It orbits the Sun on a retrograde orbit, lying at an inclination of 139°.It had its perihelion on September 27, 2024, at a distance of 0.391 AU; the closest approach...
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Europa Clipper Begins Journey to Jupiter’s Icy Moon
16 Oct
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Europa Clipper Begins Journey to Jupiter’s Icy Moon

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NASA Space Technology Monika LuabeyaOct 15, 2024A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Clipper is the first mission designed to conduct a detailed study of Jupiter’s moon Europa to determine if it currently has habitable conditions. The spacecraft will travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion km) to reach Jupiter in April 2030. It will orbit Jupiter and conduct 49 close flybys of Europa.Follow Europa Clipper’s journey in NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System app.Image credit: SpaceX
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