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    From Sputnik to extraterrestrial storms

    NASA’s solar-powered Juno probe took this photo of a massive storm near Jupiter’s north pole. Juno’s been collecting data and taking incredible photos of Jupiter since 2016, showing us detailed evidence of the turbulent atmosphere surrounding the largest planet in our solar system.

    We share this photo to celebrate the start of World Space Week today. You may ask yourself, why does World Space Week begin on a Thursday? That’s because October 4 is the day in 1957 that the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1 into a low orbit around the Earth, kicking off the Space Race. But the contest for dominance in space exploration has since given way to united, global efforts to explore our universe, a sentiment summed up nicely by this year’s Space Week theme: ‘Space unites us all.’
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  2. Jupiter - Wikipedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter
    Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a giant planet with a mass one-thousandth that of the Sun, but two-and-a-half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined.

  3. Overview | Jupiter – Solar System Exploration: NASA Science

    https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter
    The biggest planet in our solar system, Jupiter also has a large presence in pop culture, including many movies, TV shows, video games and comics. Jupiter was a notable destination in the Wachowski siblings’ science fiction spectacle Jupiter Ascending , while various Jovian moons provide settings for Cloud Atlas , Futurama , Power Rangers , and Halo , among many others.

  4. Planet Jupiter: Facts About Its Size, Moons and Red Spot

    https://www.space.com/7-jupiter-largest-planet-solar-system.html
    Watch video · Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Fittingly, it was named after the king of the gods in Roman mythology. In a similar manner, the ancient Greeks named the planet after Zeus, the king of the Greek pantheon.