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Jam packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology and theories delivered in an entertaining and visually stunning way, aiming to educate and inspire readers of all agesThe JUICE spacecraft was imaged on Aug. 10, nine days before its flyby past the moon.
The JUICE spacecraft was imaged on Aug. 10, nine days before its flyby past the moon.JUICE was fainter still in a picture captured by Masi just a day prior, on Aug. 9, when it was roughly 2 million miles fromESA astronomers used the 80 cm Schmidt telescope at CAHA observatory in Spain to watch the JUICE probe approach Earth on Aug. 3 and 4.today at 5:15 p.m. Eastern time .
"We don't know how the images will look — it's the first time the cameras will point at a big bright object in space," ESAAn animation by amateur astronomer Tony Dunn shows what the flybys would look like — for JUICE, as the probe swings past both the moon and Earth in the span of 24 hours.
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