Striking image and video of 'Steeple Mountain' on Jupiter's moon Io are concept art — but authentic pics do exist
In March and April 2025, internet users shared a striking image that they claimed showed "Steeple Mountain," a massive point ...
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Major storms on Jupiter can leave a fingerprint in the planet's atmosphere
Jovian storms can rework the whole chemical makeup of Jupiter's deep atmosphere by picking up ammonia from and dropping it ...
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'It’s still surreal': NASA engineer explains what it's like to help put spacecraft into orbit
Lots of us look up at the night sky with wonderment, asking how humans are able to explore the universe. Tracy Drain, a ...
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NASA finds 'glass-smooth lake of cooling lava' on Jupiter's moon Io
Io is an incredibly active and extreme place, with glistening lava lakes and volcanic eruptions shooting sulfur and magma to huge heights.
SpaceX pushing boundaries: Fram2 crew launches from Kennedy Space Center to polar orbit
The Fram2 astronauts launched on a mission like no other Monday night. For three to five days, the crew of four will orbit ...
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European Gaia spacecraft is shut down, sent into 'retirement orbit' around the Sun
A control team at the ESA's European Space Operations Center powered down all of Gaia's subsystems and sent it into a "retirement orbit" around the Sun. Advertisement "Gaia's extensive data ...