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  Simulation Explains Mystery Of Giant Planets' Tiny Moons

  December 3, 2001 — In what could be the ultimate in fast-forward, Cornell University planetary scientists have used one of the world's most powerful computing clusters to simulate motions of the small moons of ... > full story
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  More Planets Emerge With Solar System-Like Orbits

  October 16, 2001 — An international team of astronomers has discovered eight new extrasolar planets, bringing to nearly 80 the number of planets found orbiting nearby stars. The latest discoveries, supported by the ... > full story
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  Spacecraft At Jupiter's Moon Io Sees And Sniffs Tallest Volcanic Plume

  October 10, 2001 — Jupiter's moon Io has pulled a surprise on NASA's Galileo spacecraft, hurling up the tallest volcanic plume ever seen, which arose from a previously unknown volcano. A different volcano had ... > full story
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  Weird Chemistry: Researchers Study Unique Radiation-Driven Reactions In Extreme Cold And High Vacuum Of Jupiter's Moons

  August 29, 2001 — By his own admission, Thomas Orlando deals with "weird chemistry." In fact, the Georgia Institute of Technology researcher studies chemical processes that are literally out of this world -- ... > full story
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  Galileo Flyby Reveals Callisto's Bizarre Landscape

  August 24, 2001 — A spiky landscape of bright ice and dark dust shows signs of slow but active erosion on the surface of Jupiter's moon Callisto in new images from NASA's Galileo spacecraft. ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
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  Jupiter-Size Planet Found Orbiting Star In Big Dipper

  August 16, 2001 — A team of astronomers has found a Jupiter-size planet in a circular orbit around a faint nearby star, raising intriguing prospects of finding a solar system with characteristics similar to our ... > full story
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  Temperature Map Of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Io Presents A Puzzle

  June 29, 2001 — Earth's tropics are hotter than the polar regions for a good reason, so scientists are puzzled that the same pattern doesn't show on Jupiter's moon ... > full story
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  Jupiter Particles' Escape Route Found

  June 4, 2001 — Jupiter's magnetosphere, an ionized-gas bubble encasing the planet, is lopsided and leaky, with an unexpected abundance of high-energy particles bleeding out of one side, according to recent ... > full story
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  Galileo Gets One Last Close Encounter With Jupiter's Callisto

  May 23, 2001 — On a third and final tour of duty in the Jovian system, NASA's dauntless Galileo spacecraft makes its closest pass yet to Jupiter's outermost large moon. ... > full story
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  NASA Establishes Contact With Famed Pioneer 10 Spacecraft

  May 1, 2001 — NASA scientists have announced that they have contacted Pioneer 10, the plucky small spacecraft launched 29 years ago, ending speculation that its signal had finally fallen ... > full story

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