JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer)a long-prepared mission under the banner of the European Space Agency (ESA), in which the Czech scientists and companies, was supposed to take off on Thursday at 14:15 CET from the European Cosmodrome in the tropical South American French Guiana. However, the start was canceled shortly before the engines were ignited … Read more
The lift-off of the Ariane 5 rocket with the JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer) probe was delayed by almost exactly 24 hours shortly before the launch due to the weather at the spaceport in South America – specifically due to the excessive risk of lightning. The next attempt can take place already on Friday at … Read more
Illustration of JUICE arriving at the Jovian system. In images (credit): Spacecraft (ESA/ATG Medialab); Jupiter ( NASA/ESA/J Nichols); Ganymede (NASA/JPL); Io (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona); Callisto and Europa (NASA/JPL/DLR). SPACE — The European Space Agency’s (ESA) spacecraft, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is scheduled to launch on Thursday, April 13, 2023. It will embark on … Read more
Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus, and Mars are set to line up on March 28 in a rare planetary display. The planets appear at the same time just after sunset on Tuesday, March 28 but will also be visible in the sky on the days before and after. Experts said that Jupiter and Mercury will appear … Read more
Jakarta – Systems that are in the solar system have their own balance. The planets in the solar system are in such a position that they work as they should. So, what happens if there is an ‘extra’ planet placed between Mars and Jupiter? Reported from detikEdu, University of California-Riverside astrophysicist Stephen Kane has tried … Read more
Jakarta – The solar system already has its own balance. So what if there is a planet placed between Mars and Jupiter? University of California-Riverside astrophysicist Stephen Kane examines two gaps in planetary science. The first gap in the solar system is the size of the terrestrial planets or rocky solid planets like Earth and … Read more
European Space Agency (ESA) prepare to sendSpacecraft Juice (Jupiter or Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) which is a probe to Jupiter and 3 moons of Jupiter, including the moonEuropa (Europa), Ganymede (Ganymede) andCallisto (Calisto) It is scheduled to depart on April 13, 2023. Spacecraft’s key equipment, Juice byjuice spacecraftThe total weight of fuel is 6,000 kilograms, … Read more
Updated 15:27, 2/3/2023 2. 3. 2023, 10:15 Wednesday evening brought a unique spectacle for the Czech Republic. In the sky it was possible to observe the close meeting of the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter. But Thursday will also offer suitable conditions for observation. Both bodies just exchange places with each other. The March … Read more
The sun is slowly setting and the domes of the Štefánik observatory on Prague’s Petřín are beginning to open. In the first days of March, her telescopes are mainly directed towards two prominent “dots” in the sky. We talk to the head of the observatory, Tomáš Prosecký, about the phenomenon. “In the sky we can … Read more
Theo JurriensThe very bright planets can still be seen well in the coming days NOS News•today, 11:54 It’s been noticeable in the western sky for a few days now: the two bright points of light that appear close together just after sunset. They are the planets Jupiter and Venus, which are very close to each … Read more