* Astronomy

Ambitious plans to send probes to the outer planets are being considered by US and European space officials. One proposal envisages sending an orbiter to Saturn which would also drop a lander and a balloon on to the haze-shrouded moon Titan. The other sees two separate orbiters despatched to invest...

Ganymede is Jupiter's largest moon, and the largest moon in the entire solar system; it is larger in diameter than Mercury but only about half its mass. Ganymede is one of four planetary satellites of Jupiter which can be seen with the naked eye with good eyesight, a clear night and without the polluti...

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Mission Europa Ganymede Europa Jupiter System Mission (Preview)	Mission News	9	8807	May 31 10:34 2015 by Blobrana
Ambitious plans to send probes to the outer planets are being considered by US and European space officials. One proposal envisages sending an orbiter to Saturn which would also drop a lander and a balloon on to the haze-shrouded moon Titan. The other sees two separate orbiters despatched to invest...
moon Ganymede Ganymede ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Solar System	13	7192	Mar 12 18:27 2015 by Blobrana
Ganymede is Jupiter's largest moon, and the largest moon in the entire solar system; it is larger in diameter than Mercury but only about half its mass. Ganymede is one of four planetary satellites of Jupiter which can be seen with the naked eye with good eyesight, a clear night and without the polluti...