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Planet Jupiter with its moon Io at left, photographed by the Cassini orbiter during the Cassini-Huygens mission, 2000. spacecraft
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See a young star potentially giving birth to a giant planet in new image from Very Large Telescope • June 10, 2025, 8:04 AM ET (Live Science)
Giant Exoplanet Found Orbiting Low-Mass Star TOI-6894 • June 4, 2025, 9:24 AM ET (Sci.News)
Mysterious Surface Changes on Jupiter's Moon Point to Something Deep Below • May 30, 2025, 12:36 AM ET (Newsweek)
NASA Juno’s Jaw-Dropping New Jupiter Photos Are Some Of Its Last • May 22, 2025, 11:36 AM ET (Forbes)
Jupiter is our solar system's biggest planet by far. It used to be twice as large: Study • May 20, 2025, 4:02 AM ET (USA Today)

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