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On this date: Galileo discovers three major moons of Jupiter
On this date, Jan. 7, 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant stars, Galileo’s repeated ...
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The Evolution Of The Telescope, From Galileo To Hubble And Beyond
They've even built a few especially powerful or specialized telescopes and launched them into orbit. Some of ... Additionally, Galileo observed Jupiter and noted the presence of a few background ...
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NASA's Europa Clipper snaps its 1st starry image en route to Jupiter's icy moon
This week, NASA released the first image from the Europa Clipper spacecraft's voyage. The image is a mosaic of a star field, ...
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Sherrard grad’s work protects Europa Clipper, orbiter heading to Jupiter
The Europa Clipper launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, October 14, heading for Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. The mission’s goals are to learn more about the ice ...
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NASA launches Europa Clipper to see if Jupiter's icy moon has ingredients for life
After an initial eight-minute burn, the spacecraft entered a "coasting orbit ... since NASA's Galileo probe found that the moon likely has a subterranean global ocean, heated by Jupiter’s ...