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  Jupiter Scar Likely from Titanic-Sized Asteroid

  January 26, 2011 — A hurtling asteroid about the size of the Titanic caused the scar that appeared in Jupiter's atmosphere on July 19, 2009, according to new ... > full story
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  Cassini Celebrates 10 Years Since Jupiter Encounter

  December 29, 2010 — Ten years ago, on Dec. 30, 2000, NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter on its way to orbiting Saturn. The main purpose was to use the gravity of the largest planet in our ... > full story
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  Cyclone Lasting More Than Five Years Is Detected on Saturn

  December 15, 2010 — Researchers have been monitoring a cyclone on Saturn for more than five years. This makes it the longest-lasting cyclone detected to date on any of the giant planets of the Solar System. Images from ... > full story
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  New Hot Jupiter-Like Exoplanet Discovered

  December 14, 2010 — Astronomers have discovered a new alien world. This "hot Jupiter," now named Qatar-1b, adds to the growing list of alien planets orbiting distant ... > full story
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  Stripes Are Back in Season on Jupiter

  November 28, 2010 — New NASA images support findings that one of Jupiter's stripes that "disappeared" last spring is now showing signs of a comeback. These new observations will help scientists better understand the ... > full story
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  Planet from Another Galaxy Discovered: Galactic Cannibalism Brings an Exoplanet of Extragalactic Origin Within Astronomers' Reach

  November 18, 2010 — An exoplanet orbiting a star that entered our Milky Way from another galaxy has been detected by a European team of astronomers using the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in ... > full story
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  Astronomers Find 'Snooker' Star System

  November 8, 2010 — Astronomers have discovered an unusual star system which looks like, and may even once have behaved like, a game of ... > full story
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  NASA Goddard Delivers Magnetometers for Juno Mission to Jupiter

  October 27, 2010 — Magnetometers developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., for the Juno mission to Jupiter were delivered recently to Lockheed Martin in Denver. Designed and built by an ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
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  A New Way to Weigh Planets

  October 21, 2010 — Astronomers have developed a new way to weigh the planets in our solar system -- using radio signals from the small spinning stars called ... > full story
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  Europa's Hidden Ice Chemistry: Jupiter's Moon May Have More Than Possible Ocean

  October 4, 2010 — The frigid ice of Jupiter's moon Europa may be hiding more than a presumed ocean: It is likely the scene of some unexpectedly fast chemistry between water and sulfur dioxide at extremely cold ... > full story

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