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This newly released image from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope shows the planet Jupiter in a color composite of ultraviolet wavelengths. Released in

NASA's Lucy probe just flew by the half-mile-wide asteroid Dinkinesh and made a double discovery.

The impact is thought to have absorbed most of Theia into the young Earth, forming the LLVPs, while the remaining debris coalesced to form the Moon.

The planet Jupiter with its familiar cloud bands seen in shades of pink, rusty red, blue, and purple. The Great Red Spot is a deep navy blue, surrounded by bands and swirls of pink, and light blue.

Two strange, high-density blobs buried more than a kilometre underground may have come from the ancient world Theia, which is thought to have slammed into Earth to create the moon

Jupiter will be highly visible from Earth this week as it reaches its closest point to our planet — a state known as perigee.

Jupiter's an eye-magnet this month plus there's a possible binocular comet and several minor meteor showers to look forward to. Check out our night-sky calendar for more events.

ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

A NASA project called Subsurface Water Ice Mapping or SWIM has released a new set of Mars maps, showing the locations of subsurface ice on the planet.

We’ve got two very bright planets visible this month.