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                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Jupiter ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Life-friendly molecules are leaking out of Jupiter's giant moon Europa, Galileo images hint ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new finding of ammonia on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa could have important implications for the search for extraterrestrial life. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NbEBDReqa9yNQTGUc8xErU-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Ammonia-bearing compounds on Jupiter&#039;s moon Europa, shown in red, were found by the Galileo spacecraft in 1997. The finding was uncovered by a new analysis of the Galileo mission&#039;s data.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Composite image showing Europa at left with a box out highlighting a section of the moon&#039;s surface. The boxout image is gray with red and purple boxes overlaying it in some areas. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Textbooks will need to be updated': Jupiter is smaller and flatter than we thought, Juno spacecraft reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Jupiter is smaller and flatter than scientists previously thought, new measurements of the gas giant reveal. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:23:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pmBwsznK6aoriGbe9fYvvm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jupiter imaged by the Juno spacecraft, with the shadow of the massive moon Ganymede to the left. Data from Juno suggests that Jupiter is flatter than previously thought, according to a new study.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[View of one-half of Jupiter. Swirling rings of gold, brown, green, and blue dust and gas clouds wrap vertically around the sphere of the planet. A large dark spot is seen toward the bottom left and smaller spots of white dot the surface, breaking up the rings of swirling clouds and dust. ]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[View of one-half of Jupiter. Swirling rings of gold, brown, green, and blue dust and gas clouds wrap vertically around the sphere of the planet. A large dark spot is seen toward the bottom left and smaller spots of white dot the surface, breaking up the rings of swirling clouds and dust. ]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jupiter will outshine every star in the sky this weekend — how to see the 'king of planets' at opposition ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Jupiter reaches opposition on Jan. 10, when it will shine all night at its brightest as Earth moves between the giant planet and the sun. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:32:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xhoPiQQXxa5yqnkszKrv8Q-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jupiter will reach opposition this weekend, making it appear as big and bright as it ever gets in Earth&#039;s sky.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photo of Jupiter as seen through a telescope. A large white sphere with swirling rings of red and brown around it against a black background. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ January 'Wolf Supermoon': How to see the full moon rise with Jupiter this weekend ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The first full moon of 2026 and of winter in the Northern Hemisphere will shine brightly this week, just as Earth makes its annual closest approach to the sun. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 13:05:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:08:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ME4KgPbTNiLd6wwh739Bei-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[January&#039;s full &quot;Wolf Moon&quot; will rise on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (Image credit: Dawn Villwok-Joerg via Getty Images)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photograph of a full moon.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New ultraviolet image of comet 3I/ATLAS could help reveal what it's made of ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's alien-hunting Europa Clipper spacecraft took seven hours of ultraviolet observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS while both objects zoom toward Jupiter. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:30:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:34:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gjWwwmBS9QPsiySqGScowQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[New ultraviolet observations of comet 3I/ATLAS (boxout) were snapped by NASA&#039;s alien-hunting Europa Clipper spacecraft (background illustration).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[3I/ATLAS views by Europa Clipper]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Spiders on Jupiter? Scientists uncover secret origins of arachnid-like 'demon' lurking on gas giant's moon. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study reveals the likely origin of a mysterious spider-like pattern first spotted on Jupiter's moon Europa in 1998. The finding could have implications for a NASA spacecraft en route to the frozen world. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:57:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:22:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6fRQWtdWFuCPZFJZ6z73We-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Galileo spacecraft first photographed a bizarre spider-like structure lurking within a large crater on Europa during a close flyby of the moon on March 29, 1998. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of Europa&#039;s surface with a red ring around the spider-like feature]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Where could alien life exist in our solar system? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/extraterrestrial-life/where-could-alien-life-exist-in-our-solar-system</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The solar system has eight planets and hundreds of moons. Could extraterrestrials live on any of them? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Extraterrestrial Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Damien Pine ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JdmDrAwBB4SP8KQNc4ZxSd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The solar system has a few &quot;hotspots&quot; where life could have once existed or may still exist today.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of the solar system]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The final 'planet parade' of 2025 rises Sunday. Here's how to see the full 6-planet show. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Six of Earth's neighboring planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — will briefly appear in the sky on the same night, starting Sunday (Aug. 17). ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 23:20:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9y9tebJdZDfiefXMjBEMrD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A &quot;parade&quot; of six planets, four visible to the naked eye, will be seen this August. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an image of many planets visible in the night sky]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Meteorite that crash landed through Georgia man's roof is 20 million years older than Earth, scientists say ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have analyzed the McDonough meteorite, which crashed through a man's home in June, and determined that it is older than our planet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:54:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:06:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G8Rz2hsUw4TjP8AwFomgud-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fragments of the meteorite were retrieved from a Georgia resident&#039;s living room.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photograph of a researcher holding up a piece of the McDonough Meteorite. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Venus and Jupiter conjunction: The 2 brightest planets will 'kiss' early Tuesday morning ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Venus and Jupiter will meet in a conjunction in the early morning hours of  Tuesday, Aug. 12. Here's everything you need to know to spot the two brightest planets at their best. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:04:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Gretchen Rundorff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WtG356qKGdFprkyyKf85mJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jupiter’s Great Red Spot could be visible through telescopes during its close conjunction with Venus on Aug. 12.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close-up of Jupiter showing its Great Red Spot]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ When did our solar system's planets form? Discovery of tiny meteorite may challenge the timeline ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Analysis of an ancient meteorite suggests that rocky planets both near and distant from the sun may have formed at the same time, challenging current models of our solar system’s evolution. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Samantha Mathewson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3ebMxbDP9NfKhZMwNWAxd4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists scan famous 'Earthrise' crater on mission to find alien life in our solar system ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A large lunar crater featured in the iconic 'Earthrise' photo has just helped the European JUICE spacecraft hone its alien-hunting instruments during a once-in-a-lifetime flyby. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:59:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:35:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZyxWoj8HfeQLG5e5oDZdg8-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Earthrise image: NASA, annotation added by ESA; RIME radargram: ESA/Juice/RIME]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Anders&#039; Earthrise crater, immortalized in an iconic photo, just helped ESA&#039;s JUICE spacecraft hone its alien-hunting instruments.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of an earthrise as viewed from the moon, with a crater on the moon outlined and labeled in red. An inset image shows an elevation model of the crater.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers discover monster exoplanet hiding in 'stellar fog' around young star ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A monster exoplanet as big as 10 times the size of Jupiter has emerged from the stellar gas and dust surrounding a young star, thanks to the telescope tag team of Gaia and ALMA. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 20:00:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZGcbvhbCnht3jKqEFskS3k-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[a large orange planet inset next to a foggy orange disk around a bright yellow dot]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[(Main) an illustration of a massive exoplanet emerging friom stellar fog (inset) MP Mus and its protoplanetary disk as seen by ALMA]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[(Main) an illustration of a massive exoplanet emerging friom stellar fog (inset) MP Mus and its protoplanetary disk as seen by ALMA]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope discovers its first planet — a Saturn-size 'shepherd' still glowing red hot from its formation ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Nestled inside a planetary ring 110 light-years from Earth, a planet spotted by the James Webb telescope is the lightest exoplanet ever detected. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:45:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:09:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WdskmFtzNgWfz2k7joj7sP-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Image of the disk surrounding the star TWA 7 recorded using ESO’s Very Large Telescope’s SPHERE instrument. The image captured with JWST’s MIRI instrument is overlayed.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Image of the disk surrounding the star TWA 7 recorded using ESO’s Very Large Telescope’s SPHERE instrument. The image captured with JWST’s MIRI instrument is overlayed.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ See a young star potentially giving birth to a giant planet in new image from Very Large Telescope ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New images of a young star, 2MASSJ1612, could have captured the birth of a giant gas planet larger than Jupiter. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:51:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:08:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yXsKQnVnbFkjbUW6LtZGC3-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The young star&#039;s disk has a dark ring and arms emanating from its center, which indicate a newborn planet is forming there. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of an eye-shaped disk surrounding the young star, 2MASSJ1612. The disk has a dark ring and arms emanating from its center, suggesting a new planet is forming in the star&#039;s orbit. ]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[An image of an eye-shaped disk surrounding the young star, 2MASSJ1612. The disk has a dark ring and arms emanating from its center, suggesting a new planet is forming in the star&#039;s orbit. ]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope spots weird changes on Jupiter's icy moon Europa ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The ice on the surface of Jupiter's massive moon Europa is constantly changing, hinting at the presence of a subsurface ocean, new James Webb telescope observations reveal. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 22:23:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Jupiter]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carolyn Collins Petersen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xFAcuHV6xfAHDZRRpNzZW8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Europa&#039;s surface ices are changing constantly, according to new surface spectra taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a photo of Europa]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jupiter is shrinking and used to be twice as big, mind-boggling study reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have calculated that the gas giant Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now, based on the odd orbits of two of its many moons. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 16:31:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 23 May 2025 22:57:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Bmu9ffMvEaFLb3S8X8s8iF-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[K. Batygin]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jupiter&#039;s radius used to be twice its current size, and the planet had a magnetic field 50 times more powerful than it is today.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of Jupiter showing its magnetic field]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'This has left us scratching our heads': Astronomers stumped by James Webb telescope's latest views of Jupiter ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/jupiter/james-webb-telescope-reveals-impossible-auroras-on-jupiter-that-have-astronomers-scratching-their-heads</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists looked at Jupiter's massive auroras using the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes — and found a mystery they can't fully explain. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 16 May 2025 21:49:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V8L37LFmV5qikPUuZJAchR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Ricardo Hueso (UPV), Imke de Pater (UC Berkeley), Thierry Fouchet (Observatory of Paris), Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester), Michael H. Wong (UC Berkeley), Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Jonathan Nichols (University of Leicester), Mahdi Zamani (ESA/Webb)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[JWST captured auroras on Jupiter &quot;fizzing and popping with light&quot; on Christmas Day 2023.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[images showing auroras on Jupiter]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Which planets have rings? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Does Jupiter have rings? How about Uranus? Here's everything you need to know about which planets have rings. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 13 May 2025 22:26:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Briley Lewis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pCdYG3BFYWvUAFwTynzqo4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Left to right: Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter show off their rings for various NASA spacecraft. Whether we can see planetary rings from Earth depends on what they&#039;re made of.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A composite image of the rings on Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cloudy with a chance of mushballs: Jupiter's monster storms include softball size hailstones made of ammonia  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Large hailstones made of ammonia may explain why the gas is missing from large pockets of Jupiter's atmosphere. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:28:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:33:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P9hLUq947moTJ7UAk6jCH7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A storm near Jupiter&#039;s north pole, captured by NASA&#039;s Juno spacecraft. Ammonia-rich &quot;mushballs&quot; brewed by thunderstorms such as this are helping scientists build accurate models of meteorology on a myriad of exoplanets.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a close-up of a storm on Jupiter&#039;s surface]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Powerful solar winds squish Jupiter's magnetic field 'like a giant squash ball' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Jupiter]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Victoria Corless ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uBKjMzbJw6u58FzyBAdy9X-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[closeup spacecraft photo of half of jupiter, showing its bands of clouds in stripes of silvery-white and reddish-brown]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[closeup spacecraft photo of half of jupiter, showing its bands of clouds in stripes of silvery-white and reddish-brown]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Saturn gains 128 new moons, giving it more than the rest of the solar system combined ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Faint signatures detected by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have revealed 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the indisputable frontrunner for having the most moons in our solar system. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:41:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:39:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RfbFRGQRmUvznXWXsJHkbF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of Saturn and its rings.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration showing a close up of Saturn and its rings with a small spacecraft orbiting around it]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Planet parade' photo captures 7 planets in a line over Earth — possibly for the 1st time ever ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A stunning photo of a "parade of planets", shows Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Venus, Neptune, and Mercury in alignment from Earth. The image could be the first of its kind. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:48:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 23:49:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/veSXv8tat2YDcj85bk9BNW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The composite image shows seven of the solar system&#039;s planets from Earth, after sundown on Feb. 22.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The composite image shows seven of the solar system&#039;s planets from Earth, after sundown on Feb. 22.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Planet parade' 2025: See the ultra-rare planetary alignment peak this week, before Saturn gets swallowed by the sunset ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/planet-parade-2025-see-the-ultra-rare-planetary-alignment-peak-this-week-before-saturn-gets-swallowed-by-the-sunset</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A stunning "parade of planets" will grace the night sky this week, with all seven of Earth's celestial neighbors joining the show. Here's how to spot it and why it happens. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:02:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:33:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LeQSLFCjkF8jL4v8N3FY4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of the solar system&#039;s planets in alignment.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of the solar system&#039;s planets in alignment.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Parisian photographer produces phenomenal, perfectly-proportioned 'planetary parade' portrait ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A French astrophotographer recently snapped shots of the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a single evening, and rearranged them to create a striking composite image. Each "planetary parade" member was captured with the same magnification, meaning they are perfectly scaled. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:32:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:36:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E8bGDnrq8yTeWHnxnpnEJZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An astrophotographer captured shots of seven solar system worlds during an 80-minute period on Feb. 2 and arranged them into a straight line. (From left to right: the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.) ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a line. Their sizes vary due to their distances from Earth.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Red 'star' rising with the moon on Sunday is really Mars — and you may be able to see it 'disappear' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mars will appear to make an ultraclose approach to the moon on Sunday, after Jupiter had a turn earlier this week. Here's how to get the best view of the rare conjunction. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:06:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:20:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Gretchen Rundorff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tBJTQJXALPrgQvu6H93Ef7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of Jupiter with its four largest moons. Jupiter will appear extremely close to Earth’s moon in the sky on Thursday night, before it’s replaced by Mars on Sunday.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A telescope photo of the Red Planet Mars rising near the bottom of Earth&#039;s moon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jupiter's 'tormented moon' Io just unleashed the most powerful volcanic event ever seen ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io. The eruptions in this area are chucking out six times the energy being produced by all Earth's power stations, researchers say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:25:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Planets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ioqcUePhpTjJHYsayc4fyH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Io is the most volcanic world in the solar system, with around 400 volcanoes. Its extreme activity is driven by &quot;tidal flexing&quot; from Jupiter&#039;s crushing gravity.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photograph of Io]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ An interstellar visitor may have changed the course of 4 solar system planets, study suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Abha Jain ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AUGRtsUY8Xxg3sTs6FcSjZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The visiting object was probably eight times as heavy as Jupiter, according to the new study. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of Jupiter mostly shielded in shadow]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 10 best stargazing events of 2025 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The 2025 stargazing guide includes Venus at it brightest, a sunrise solar eclipse and three supermoons. Here are all the dates you need to know. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:08:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PojVwRaJ6cyjPSgCH489RL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A magnificent total lunar eclipse is the celestial highlight in 2025. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A full moon with an orange hue]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Coolest space missions coming in 2025 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From a death swirl into Jupiter to "Ghost Riders in the Sky," here are some of the most exciting space missions coming in 2025. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space Exploration]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9npynXAiNujf9sNBqSAeAe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Like nothing we've seen before': James Webb telescope spies a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid lurking past Jupiter ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual "centaur," named 2060 Chiron, has features of both comets and asteroids. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 15:52:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Asteroids]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hbkXMxX5Kt45s6UTv9BZQM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[New JWST observations suggest that the centaur Chiron&#039;s surface contains carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide ices, while its gaseous coma contains carbon dioxide and methane.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artistic representation of an active centaur like Chiron. The different colors in the coma indicate varying compositions of gas, ice, and dust]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA solves 44-year-old mystery of why Jupiter's Io is so volcanically active ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Io is the most volcanically active world in our solar system. Now, NASA scientists have revealed how and why. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:51:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ pandora.dewan@futurenet.com (Pandora Dewan) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Pandora Dewan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/webp" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dZn9UaE7y4KVwYx46ubPmZ-1280-80.webp">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jupiter&#039;s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in our solar system. But the reason for this activity has left astronomers scratching their heads.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Image shows the north polar region of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io as captured by NASA’s Juno during the spacecraft’s 57th close pass of the gas giant on Dec. 30, 2023. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope spots more than 100 new asteroids between Jupiter and Mars — and some are heading toward Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:10:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Yt5iysbgJdXW3Kkc9v942h-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ella Maru and Julien de Wit]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope revealing a population of small main-belt asteroids.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an artist&#039;s illustration depicting an asteroid-detecting technology]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New thunderstorms wider than Earth are spewing out green lightning on Jupiter — and could make one of the gas giant's massive bands disappear ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A pair of massive thunderstorms have been spotted swirling in Jupiter's "South Equatorial Belt" and are likely unleashing massive bolts of green lightning. Some experts think the pale clouds could end up altering the rusty band's color — and potentially even making it "disappear." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:17:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Planets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3Ld8RHAPJy66yUviCjEQX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Experts predict that two giant white thunderstorms (circled) could end up diluting the rusty brown color of Jupiter&#039;s Southern Equatorial Belt, which could make the region seemingly disappear.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of Jupiter with two white storms (circled) in one of the planet&#039;s large brown bands]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cold Moon 2024: Watch the final full moon of the year rise with Jupiter this weekend ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/cold-moon-2024-when-the-final-full-moon-of-the-year-will-glow-with-jupiter</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Cold Moon — the 12th and final full moon of 2024 — will rise on Sunday (Dec. 15). It will ascend higher into the night sky than any other full moon this year to sit alongside the planet Jupiter. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uHR8toqKWRDw9arUU5bTPi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Where would a compass point in outer space? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ On Earth, the magnetic field of our planet points a compass north, but in space, things are a bit more complicated. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:59:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sierra Bouchér ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TaBZWZ5NC9qkAbJkjtwzaj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A compass would still respond to Earth&#039;s magnetic field 230,000 miles away from the planet. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of a compass in outer space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How many moons does Jupiter have? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/planets/how-many-moons-does-jupiter-have</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ How many moons does Jupiter have? Scientists have discovered dozens of them, but the answer may be more complicated than it seems. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:07:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joanna Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MRCjLYe9bNtzW8r3Wh5edh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede, creeps out from behind the gas giant in this Hubble Space Telescope image]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of Jupiter with a small moon visible in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Europa Clipper: What's next for NASA's biggest-ever interplanetary spacecraft? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/europa-clipper-blasts-off-whats-next-for-nasas-biggest-ever-interplanetary-spacecraft</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA just launched a spacecraft the size of a basketball court towards Jupiter's moon Europa. Here's what will happen over the next 10 years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:34:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:07:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ james.price@futurenet.com (James Price) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ James Price ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ibJKYedaLDi6Gdzjri2tEK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of Europa Clipper performing a flyby of Europa as it orbits Jupiter]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of the Europa clipper spacecraft. It has a small body with wide wings. Beneath it, Europa is tan and brown with a vein-like pattern.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jupiter's Great Red Spot is being squeezed, Hubble Telescope finds — and nobody knows why ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/jupiter/jupiters-great-red-spot-is-being-squeezed-hubble-telescope-finds-and-nobody-knows-why</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Hubble Space Telescope has seen Jupiter's Great Red Spot oscillating in width as it drifts around the planet. Could this be related to its overall shrinking? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:07:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XKDY5dw428Qpyg7ZhnX8gU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/ESA/Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC))]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jupiter, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope on Jan. 5, 2024. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an image of Jupiter]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why NASA is sending the Europa Clipper to search for aliens near Jupiter ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/why-nasa-is-sending-the-europa-clipper-to-search-for-aliens-near-jupiter</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ In the coming weeks, NASA's Europa Clipper will take off on a long journey to Jupiter's moon Europa. The icy moon could potentially host alien life — and there's only one way to find out. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 20:39:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:42:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ James Lloyd ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9ecimtUFuAV7piVngkvPDm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Illustration of the spacecraft above Europa’s icy surface.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a small spacecraft above an icy surface, with a large Jupiter visible in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Asteroid 10 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock smashed Jupiter's largest moon off its axis ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly 90-mile-wide asteroid around 4 billion years ago. The colossal collision was likely one of the biggest asteroid impacts the solar system has ever seen. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:22:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pNFQxWJMSVnK4UnWqUF9KU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ NASA, ESA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)  ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new study suggests that Jupiter&#039;s moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis 4 billion years ago when a 90-mile-wide asteroid slammed into the planet.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of Ganymede next to Jupiter]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jupiter Mars conjunction: How to see 2 planets 'kiss' in the sky before sunrise on Wednesday ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Look east before dawn on Wednesday, Aug. 14, to see the giant planet and the Red Planet just a third of a degree from one another in a rare planetary conjunction. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wyjgREZcWbdcJ6DRE2mm48-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jupiter and Mars will be separated by just a third of a degree on Aug. 14. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two planets shining in the night sky]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jupiter's surreal clouds swirl in new van Gogh-esque view from NASA's Juno probe ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Vivid clouds swirl across Jupiter's skies like colorful brushstrokes in a new photo from NASA's Juno spacecraft. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Samantha Mathewson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YiQERDFqFSQjsD2dc9xK5k-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jupiter&#039;s chaotic clouds and cyclonic storms, in an area known as a folded filamentary region, shine in a photo captured by NASA&#039;s Juno probe on May 12, 2024.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of a planet with blue and green swirling clouds]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA's Juno probe reveals 'fire-breathing' lava lakes across Jupiter's volcanic moon Io ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New infrared images showcase "fire-breathing" lakes all across the surface of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stefanie Waldek ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gxmAQsm9EQdgAo3cn7rcTK-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Andrea Luck]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Juno spacecraft imaged volcanic plumes on the surface of Jovian moon Io.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A view of the top of Io, a slight haze protrudes from the surface in one isolated location.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ If alien life exists on Europa, we may find it in hydrothermal vents ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ If there's life on Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus, it could have a network of deep-sea hydrothermal vents to thank for its existence, new research suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8UCHbxCWVWiCU8o55LEppM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The icy Jupiter ocean moon Europa, imaged in 2022 by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of Europa]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb Space Telescope spies strange shapes above Jupiter's Great Red Spot ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have spotted a previously unseen structure in the atmosphere above Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aGEDMfYm6cixxLCtgzWMLD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[(Right) Jupiter as seen by the JWST (Left) a close up of the Great Red Spot, the solar system&#039;s largest storm.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Jupiter]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Space potato' spotted by NASA Mars satellite is actually something much cooler  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The starchy-looking moon Phobos, destined to crash into Mars' surface, has been revealed in new detail by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 'space potato' image was recently shared on NASA's Instagram. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:30:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HF44nL4dTrqYWYSY8R7Fmi-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s snap of Phobos, captured by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s snap of Phobos, captured by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Is Jupiter's Great Red Spot an impostor? Giant storm may not be the original one discovered 350 years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomer Giovanni Cassini observed Jupiter's 'Permanent Spot' in 1665, but new research suggests it's a different vortex from today's Great Red Spot. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2024 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stefanie Waldek ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wkpzCfxrJscxgFpsoHZpgS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jupiter&#039;s Great Red Spot, imaged by NASA&#039;s Juno probe in 2018.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of Jupiter&#039;s great red spot]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A telescope on Earth just took an unbelievable image of Jupiter's moon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers using the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona have taken a close-up picture of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io that rivals similar photos taken from space. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/atXi6UWm8uoCDGqsEZQ7Z6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The image combines three spectral bands — infrared, red and yellow — to highlight the reddish ring around the volcano Pele (below and to the right of the moon&#039;s center) and the white ring around Pillan Patera, to the right of Pele.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Jupiter&#039;s moon Io]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stunning 'parade of planets' image shows 6 worlds aligned over Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A stunning photo of the recent "parade of planets" shows Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in alignment over Earth. It was captured from the U.K. on June 1. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:52:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gdN3bMdfqPzVgsdhAQTsNN-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Josh Dury]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The composite image shows the planetary parade, along with the moon, during the early hours of June 1.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The composite image shows the planetary parade, along with the moon, during the early hours of June 1.]]></media:text>
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