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January 2025: What's in the sky this month? The Moon occults Mars and the Pleiades, plus Mars reaches opposition
Ganymede reappears at the northeastern limb ... The highlight of the month is the opposition of Mars late on Jan. 15. It peaks at magnitude –1.4, as bright as Sirius. Mars starts January in ...
NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Photographs Mars And Jupiter Lining Up In Space
In late January this year, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft turned its cameras to the sky and captured some incredible images. The ...
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We need to consider conservation efforts on Mars, say researchers
In addition to Mars, multiple astrobiology missions will travel to the outer solar system this decade to search for evidence of life on icy moons like Europa, Ganymede, Titan, and Enceladus.
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NASA Spacecraft Whipping Around Mars to Slingshot Itself Toward Jupiter's Mysterious Moon
NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot ... in addition to its larger cousins Ganymede and Callisto — performed a daring "first-ever double gravity assist ...