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  Oh man, this is terrible.  Just months before launch of the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's satellite, they discovered that some o...

I really like this film.  The enthusiasm of the people involved comes through very clearly.  They love this project.  At the end, you can se...

Great news. This stuck antenna was getting me down.  Three cheers for the ESA folks who fixed it from afar.   https://phys.org/news/2023-05-...

As we get ready to send two probes to the Galilean moons of Jupiter, this sci fi movie made its way into my feed.   It is pretty good, and t...

But remember the warning: "All these worlds are yours, except Europa.  Attempt no landing there." 

https://sciencefriday.com/segments/jupiter-surprises-in-its-closeup/

Thanks to my Michael EI0CL for alerting us to this.  It will happen today, very conveniently at lunchtime on the East Coast of North Ameri...

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This is really interesting: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/hijuno/ Thanks to Richard, KK4JDO, for the heads-up. Our book: "SolderSmok...

Jupiter is high in the early morning sky now, and the weather is starting to cool off a bit here. Here is the configuration of the Galilean...