New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are painting a new picture of Jupiter's moon Europa and revealing the hidden chemistry of the icy moon's interior.

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NASA’s Juno spacecraft has detected a previously unknown type of plasma wave above Jupiter’s north pole, revealing an ...

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Using a cutting-edge magnetic wave detection technique, a new study in Nature Communications has identified lithium in ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has detected an unusual new variety of plasma phenomenon occurring over Jupiter's north pole.

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Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and also the closest planet to the Sun. Mercury orbits the Sun at an incredibly fast speed, averaging nearly 106,000 miles per hour. These are just a ...

"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian ...