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Jupiter's south pole, in a Juno color-processed image from February 2, 2017. The image was taken from a distance of 102,100 km. Source: NASA.

Juno successfully completed its fourth flyby of Jupiter

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One of the new close-up photos taken by Cassini on December 18, 2016. This photo shows part of Cassini's A ring, the outer of its two large rings, and is approximately 134 km from the planet. The photo was taken from a distance of 56,000 km . On the left side of the image you can see the route known by NASA as "straw", caused by small clusters of the tiny ice particles that make up Saturn's rings. The straw itself is visible on top of waves in the ring, which are created by the gravitational influence of the moons Epimetheus and Janus. In the rest The image shows the gravitational "traces" of the moon Pan.Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute.

Saturn's rings are revealed in unprecedented detail in new Cassini images

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Saturn's rings as photographed by the Cassini spacecraft. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Cassini will approach the rings on the last mission before crashing into Saturn

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A simulation of Juno near Jupiter. The probe's massive solar panels can be clearly seen. Image: NASA

How does the Juno spacecraft manage to absorb solar energy from a distance of about 600 million km from the sun

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The first image transmitted by the Juno spacecraft from the Jupiter system, photo: NASA

The first image of Juno from the Jupiter system

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A simulation of Juno near Jupiter. The probe's massive solar panels can be clearly seen. Image: NASA

Success in the first stage - Juno in orbit around Jupiter

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The Juno spacecraft hovers over Jupiter. Image: NASA

The Juno spacecraft arriving at Jupiter this morning will investigate, among other things, whether the giant planet has a core

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The Juno spacecraft hovers over Jupiter. Image: NASA

Juno comes to Jupiter this week

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Geyser on the moon Europa. Image: NASA

The moon Europa returns to the center stage of the search for water and life

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Jupiter and its four Galilean moons. Illustration: shutterstock

Towards the continuation of the investigation of Jupiter and its moons

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A simulation of Juno near Jupiter. The probe's massive solar panels can be clearly seen. Image: NASA

A new record for NASA: how to produce solar energy at a distance of 800 million km from the sun?

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These dark, narrow channels called (SRL) recurring slope lineae emanate from the walls of Garni Crater on Mars. The dark channels here reach a length of hundreds of meters. It is hypothesized that they were formed by the flow of brackish water on Mars, as photographed by the MRO spacecraft. Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

2015 in space part I: scientific discoveries, historical achievements

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Mountains and plains on Pluto as photographed about 15 minutes before the great approach, plus a color photograph of the same area at a lower resolution (due to the distance from which it was photographed) allow a glimpse of the spectacular views. Photo: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Pluto: first color images

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To the right, east of Sputnik, the plain is cut by what appear to be glaciers, the sunlight illuminating the area from behind highlights over a dozen layers of haze in the thin but inflated atmosphere. The photo was taken from a distance of about 18 thousand kilometers and the width of the photographed area is 1,250 kilometers. Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Pluto continues to surprise and show similarities to Earth

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In the center of the image, to the left of Pluto's huge route that resembles a heart shape, lies the Tombo area (named after Pluto's discoverer). It is a vast craterless plain that appears to be at most a hundred million years old and may still be shaped by geological processes. This icy region north of Pluto's ice mountains has been named the Sputnik Plain in honor of the first artificial satellite. The surface appears divided into irregular shaped segments surrounded by narrow rings. In addition, there are groups of mounds and fields of small pits in this area. This image was taken by the LORRI camera on July 14 from a distance of 77,000 kilometers. Details smaller than a kilometer can be seen. Some of my areas look raw due to the image compression. Photo: NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI

New Horizons photographed the frozen plains inside the "heart" of Pluto

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A mountain in a depression on Charon, Pluto's large moon. Photo: NASA-JHUAPL-SwR

Another New Horizons surprise from the Pluto system: a mountain surrounded by a canal in Charon

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High mountains near Pluto's equator as captured by the New Horizons spacecraft cameras. Photo: NASA SwRI

Surprising discovery: New Horizons photographed young mountains on Pluto and Charon

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New Horizons "phoned home" to announce that it survived the transit near Pluto * The photos will arrive in a trickle over the next year and a half

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The dwarf planet Pluto (on the left) and its moons as a coffin in artificial colors that emphasize the differences in the route of the terrain and the composition of the materials on their surfaces. Photographed in three color filters by the Ralph instrument aboard the New Horizons spacecraft, July 13, 2015.

Images of Pluto and Charon taken by New Horizons in artificial colors highlight the enormous variety of terrain trajectory on these two worlds

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The brave new worlds Pluto and Charon are in the focus of the field of view of the LORRI camera on the New Horizons spacecraft. Photo: NASA TV

New Horizons revealed: Pluto's diameter is 2,370 km

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Did they come from one source? The surface of Pluto and in the background its large moon, Charon. Image: NASA

Pluto - a point of light in the darkness

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Discoverer of Pluto, the girl who gave him his name and the actor Leonard Nimoy will be commemorated on Pluto and Charon

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New Horizons' latest look at the side of Pluto facing Charon reveals interesting geological details of interest to mission scientists. The images taken on the morning of July 11th show straight formations that are the first time they have been seen above the equatorial region, in the form of interlocking polygons. The image was taken when the spacecraft was 4 million kilometers away from Pluto. Photo: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI

New Horizons approaches Pluto - photographed the enigmatic dark spots

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The New Horizons spacecraft against the background of the planet Pluto. Image: NASA

A historic meeting

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Interesting hints of Pluto's geology are revealed in this image taken by the New Horizons spacecraft on July 9, 2015 from a distance of 5.4 million kilometers from here. This annotated version of the image shows a large dark formation known as "The Whale" located on Pluto's equator, with a narrow band and elaborate polygons. In the lower part of the image is a photograph of Pluto, in which the area covered by the camera is highlighted, with the equator and the main longitude marked in bold. Photo: NASA-JHUAPL-SWRI

A whale on Pluto

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