Nasa spacecraft captures first closeups of Jupiter’s largest moon in decades0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 9, 2021
Juno passed within 645 miles of Ganymede, the closest any spacecraft has come to the moon since 2000

Juno passed within 645 miles of Ganymede, the closest any spacecraft has come to the moon since 2000

Sometimes in landscape photography, nature smiles at your camera and surprises you with much more than you were hoping to capture. This photo is one example of that. While photographing an erupting volcano, the photographer saw a shooting star flash across the sky and steal the spotlight in the frame.


Dedicated to uncovering and understanding mysteries of the solar system, NASA’s Discovery program has spent nearly three decades exploring outer space with 20 missions. With an emphasis on innovative planetary missions, the program is now heading toward Earth’s closest neighbor: Venus.

WITH THE ANTICIPATED RELEASE OF THE PENTAGON UFO REPORT just days away, these unidentified flying objects have become a public obsession — so much so that even NASA can no longer ignore the rising interest in unraveling the mystery.

Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new dinosaur species in Australia, one of the largest found in the world, more than a decade after cattle farmers first uncovered bones of the animal.

A microscopic animal has been revived after slumbering in the Arctic permafrost for 24,000 years.

A giant replica of Noah’s Ark has been deemed unseaworthy and detained where it is docked.

Sometime later this month, Congress is expected to receive a detailed report from the Defense Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that provides — in far greater detail than ever before — what the government knows about unidentified flying objects.

The moon will partially cover the sun in the UK later this week, but some parts of the northern hemisphere will experience a total eclipse





























































