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Juno Spacecraft To Help Map Jupiter's Giant Magnetosphere

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NASA’s Juno spacecraft began orbiting Jupiter on Monday, becoming thefirst to reach the Solar System’s largest planet since Galileo in 2003. The craft plans to study Jupiter’s evolution and composition, but what are officials hoping will come from the mission? We’ll ask Brendan Mullan, Point Park University astrophysicist.

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