Swinging by Venus, along with flybys of Earth and the moon, will help JUICE reach the Jupiter system in 2031. In August, JUICE performed a first-of-its-kind Earth-Moon gravity assist, which gave ...

A recent Earth-moon flyby slowed JUICE enough to divert it toward Venus, where it will receive an important gravitational slingshot in 2025. The high-resolution science camera on the JUICE probe ...

The Juice, or Jupiter ... Venus in August 2025. Then, Juice can take a shortcut through the solar system and be on track to arrive at Jupiter and its moons in July 2031. Juice flew by Earth’s ...

Venus will be near its maximum brightness, while the moon is both in its waxing crescent phase and at its monthly 'perigee'—its closest approach to Earth—10,500 miles nearer than average at ...

But while they are still close, at the end of the month—on August 27—they’ll be joined by a third protagonist, the moon ... naked eye from Earth: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury.

All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars ... In June 2024, a planet parade featuring Saturn, the Moon, Mars and Jupiter was on display in the morning sky but only two ...

All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars ... In June 2024, a planet parade featuring Saturn, the Moon, Mars and Jupiter was on display in the morning sky but only two ...

Mercury joins Venus for a few evenings, offering the best opportunity to see both planets in twilight. Mars and Jupiter dominate ... of the Full Moon passing directly into Earth’s shadow.

"Europa is an ice covered moon of Jupiter, about the size of Earth's moon ... "The narrow-angle camera will be able to take pictures at a resolution as high as half a meter per pixel.