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MISSION NEWS AS OF THURSDAY 6 APRIL 2017
+ EXOPLANET MISSION GETS TICKET TO RIDE
A Soyuz rocket operated by Arianespace from Europe's spaceport in Kourou will boost ESA's upcoming exoplanet satellite, CHEOPS, into space.
Read more: http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=58971
+ ROSETTA'S INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF A COMET: READ ALL ABOUT IT
Rosetta's pioneering mission to explore a comet in unprecedented detail completed operations last year. As the science continues, members of the public, as well as scientists, can freely access hundreds of papers that reveal the comet's secrets. A special issue of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society is the latest journal to provide this service.
Read more: http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=58866
+ HUBBLE TAKES CLOSE-UP PORTRAIT OF JUPITER [HEIC1708]
During April 2017 Jupiter is in opposition: it is at its closest to Earth and the hemisphere facing Earth is fully illuminated by the Sun. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope used this special configuration to capture an image of what is by far the largest planet in the Solar System.
Read more: http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=58988
+ SEARCH FOR STELLAR SURVIVOR OF A SUPERNOVA EXPLOSION [HEIC1707]
Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to observe the remnant of a supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Beyond just delivering a beautiful image, Hubble may well have traced the surviving remains of the exploded star's companion.
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