An emaciated lion in Colombia was transported on Thursday (February 27) to be closer to its 'mother' in a bid to save his life. Jupiter was rescued at a young age from a circus after a life of abuse. Following his rescue, Jupiter was dubbed the 'kissing lion' after video of him hugging his carer Ana Julia Torres went viral in 2011.

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<a href="https://www.wionews.com/node/280673">NASA </a>is going to fund four concept studies for potential robotic missions to Venus, Jupiter’s moon Io and Neptune’s moon Triton under its Discovery Program to investigate how the cosmos came into existence.

These three cosmic objects are among the four finalists for <a href="https://www.wionews.com/node/280673">NASA's </a>next round of Discovery missions.

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The space agency chose the four mission concepts as semi-finalists from more than a dozen proposals submitted by US scientists last year.&nbsp;

The Discovery Program develops relatively low-cost robotic-exploration efforts to develop concept studies for possible new missions.

According to Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of <a href="https://www.wionews.com/node/280673">NASA's </a>Science Mission Directorate, "these selected missions have the potential to transform our understanding of some of the solar system's most active and complex worlds".

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"Exploring any one of these celestial bodies will help unlock the secrets of how they, and other bodies like them&nbsp;became a part of the cosmos," he added.

The teams behind the four mission concepts will each receive $3 million to continue maturing their ideas over the next nine months and submit reports to NASA.

These reports will be evaluated by agency officials.

Out of these four, only two will be selected for continued development toward flight.

Previously, two of the Discovery missions called Lucy and Psyche were selected for launch in 2021 and 2022 respectively.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/node/280673">NASA </a>plans to select up to two of the final four proposals in 2021 to proceed into full development for a pair of launch opportunities in 2025 or 2026 and 2028 or 2029.

NASA is going to fund four concept studies for potential robotic missions to Venus, Jupiter’s moon Io and Neptune’s moon Triton under its Discovery Program to investigate how the cosmos came into existence.

NASA is going to fund four concept studies for potential robotic missions to Venus, Jupiter’s moon Io and Neptune’s moon Triton under its Discovery Program to investigate how the cosmos came into existence. These three cosmic objects are among the four finalists for NASA's next round of Discovery missions. Also read: Doughnut in space: NASA unveils most distant object ever visited The space agency chose the four mission concepts as semi-finalists from more than a dozen proposals submitted by US scientists last year. The Discovery Program develops relatively low-cost robotic-exploration efforts to develop concept studies for possible new missions. According to Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, "these selected missions have the potential to transform our understanding of some of the solar system's most active and complex worlds". Also read: Need some space? NASA has got the job for you "Exploring any one of these celestial bodies will help unlock the secrets of how they, and other bodies like them became a part of the cosmos," he added. The teams behind the four mission concepts will each receive $3 million to continue maturing their ideas over the next nine months and submit reports to NASA. These reports will be evaluated by agency officials. Out of these four, only two will be selected for continued development toward flight. Previously, two of the Discovery missions called Lucy and Psyche were selected for launch in 2021 and 2022 respectively. NASA plans to select up to two of the final four proposals in 2021 to proceed into full development for a pair of launch opportunities in 2025 or 2026 and 2028 or 2029.

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NASA is set to unveil a &#39;surprise activity&#39; in connection with Jupiter today. The announcement has already got the guesswork going. 
 
Following claims that Jupiter&#39;s moon Europa has strong evidence of liquid water deep beneath its crust, which could be favourable for life, astronomers from the US space agenct will present their Europa observations that led to the surprise findings at 11.30 pm Indian time (2 pm EDT).
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Monday, we&rsquo;ll announce new findings from Jupiter&rsquo;s moon Europa. Spoiler alert: NOT aliens: <a href="https://t.co/89qj23DM6Y">https://t.co/89qj23DM6Y</a> <a href="https://t.co/d7cSuBBXZz">pic.twitter.com/d7cSuBBXZz</a>
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After a five-year expedition, NASA&#39;s Juno spacecraft has sent the first set of images of Jupiter&#39;s north pole and auroras rippling across its southern pole, during the spacecraft&#39;s first flyby of the planet with its instruments switched on. 
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A whole new world. My 1st glimpse of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jupiter?src=hash">#Jupiter</a>&rsquo;s north pole looks unlike anything seen before <a href="https://t.co/OODrfqlCag">https://t.co/OODrfqlCag</a> <a href="https://t.co/ghTlibdxaV">pic.twitter.com/ghTlibdxaV</a>
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The images show storm systems and weather activity unlike anything seen&nbsp;before on any of our solar system&#39;s gas-giant planets, NASA was reported as saying. 
 
&quot;First glimpse of Jupiter&#39;s north pole, and it looks like nothing we have seen or imagined before,&quot; said Scott Bolton, Principal Investigator of Juno from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, IANS reported. 
 
&quot;It&#39;s bluer in colour up there than other parts of the planet, and there are a lot of storms,&quot; Bolton noted,&quot; he said. 
 
NASA had announced last year that it intends to send a robotic spacecraft, equipped with a suite of scientific instruments, to circle Europa in the 2020s. 
 
Monday&#39;s &nbsp;announcement will be made in the presence of Paul Hertz, NASA`s Director of astrophysics and William Sparks, astronomer with the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. 
 
(WION with inputs from agencies)

This comes after the space agency's claims that Jupiter's moon Europa has strong evidence of liquid water deep beneath its crust

NASA is set to unveil a 'surprise activity' in connection with Jupiter today. The announcement has already got the guesswork going. Following claims that Jupiter's moon Europa has strong evidence of liquid water deep beneath its crust, which could be favourable for life, astronomers from the US space agenct will present their Europa observations that led to the surprise findings at 11.30 pm Indian time (2 pm EDT). Monday, we’ll announce new findings from Jupiter’s moon Europa. Spoiler alert: NOT aliens: https://t.co/89qj23DM6Y pic.twitter.com/d7cSuBBXZz — NASA (@NASA) September 25, 2016 After a five-year expedition, NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent the first set of images of Jupiter's north pole and auroras rippling across its southern pole, during the spacecraft's first flyby of the planet with its instruments switched on. A whole new world. My 1st glimpse of #Jupiter’s north pole looks unlike anything seen before https://t.co/OODrfqlCag pic.twitter.com/ghTlibdxaV — NASA's Juno Mission (@NASAJuno) September 2, 2016 The images show storm systems and weather activity unlike anything seen before on any of our solar system's gas-giant planets, NASA was reported as saying. "First glimpse of Jupiter's north pole, and it looks like nothing we have seen or imagined before," said Scott Bolton, Principal Investigator of Juno from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, IANS reported. "It's bluer in colour up there than other parts of the planet, and there are a lot of storms," Bolton noted," he said. NASA had announced last year that it intends to send a robotic spacecraft, equipped with a suite of scientific instruments, to circle Europa in the 2020s. Monday's announcement will be made in the presence of Paul Hertz, NASA`s Director of astrophysics and William Sparks, astronomer with the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. (WION with inputs from agencies)

NASA to announce 'surprise' finding on Jupiter's moon today

NASA&#39;s unmanned Juno spacecraft on Monday began orbiting Jupiter, a key triumph for the $1.1 billion mission that aims to uncover the origins of the biggest planet in the solar system. 
 
&quot;Welcome to Jupiter,&quot; said a commentator at mission control at NASA`s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. 
 
The room erupted in cheers as the solar observatory successfully entered its aimed-for orbit around Jupiter at 11:53 pm (0353 GMT Tuesday). 
 
The spacecraft has traveled 1.7 billion miles (2.7 billion kilometers) since it launched five years ago from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 
&quot;We are in it,&quot; hollered Scott Bolton, NASA`s principal investigator. 
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Launched from Florida nearly five years ago, Juno had to be precisely positioned, ignite its main engine at exactly the right time and keep it burning for 35 minutes to shed enough speed so it can be captured by Jupiter&#39;s gravity. 
 
Scientists are particularly interested in learning how much water Jupiter contains, which is key to determining where in the solar system it formed. Jupiter&#39;s origins, in turn, affected the development and position of the rest of the planets, including Earth and its fortuitous location conducive to the evolution of life. 
 
The immense gravity exerted by Jupiter&#39;s sheer size - packing 2-1/2 times the mass of all the other planets combined - is thought to have helped shield Earth from bombardment by comets and asteroids. 
 
&quot;We are learning about nature, how Jupiter formed and what that tells us about our history and where we came from,&quot; Bolton said. 
 
The Juno probe is named for the ancient Roman goddess, who was the wife and sister of Jupiter, the mythological king of gods, and had the power to see through clouds. 
 
&#39;Musical notes&#39; 
 
Only one other spacecraft, Galileo, has ever circled Jupiter, which is five times farther away from the sun than Earth and is itself orbited by 67 known moons. Bolton said Juno is likely to discover even more. 
 
Seven other US space probes have sailed past the gas giant on brief reconnaissance missions before heading elsewhere in the solar system. 
 
The risks to the spacecraft Juno will not end once it arrives in orbit. The probe must quickly turn around and face the sun so its 18,698 solar cells can begin recharging the battery. 
 
&quot;I won&#39;t exhale until we are back sun-pointing again,&quot; Bolton said. 
 
Juno will fly in highly elliptical, egg-shaped orbits that pass within 3,000 miles (4,800 km) of the tops of Jupiter&#39;s clouds and inside the planet&#39;s powerful radiation belts. 
 
Juno&#39;s computers and sensitive science instruments are housed in a 400-pound (180-kg) titanium vault for protection. But during its 37 orbits around Jupiter, Juno will be exposed to the equivalent of 100 million dental X-rays, said Bill McAlpine, radiation control manager for the mission. 
 
The spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, is expected to last for 20 months. On its final orbit, Juno will dive into Jupiter&#39;s atmosphere, where it will be crushed and vaporized. 
 
Like Galileo, which circled Jupiter for eight years before crashing into the planet in 2003, Juno&#39;s demise is designed to prevent any hitchhiking microbes from Earth from inadvertently contaminating Jupiter&#39;s ocean-bearing moon Europa, a target of future study for extraterrestrial life. 
 
(Agencies)

In its 20-month journey, Juno hopes to learn how and where the planet formed and affected the development and position of the other ones

NASA's unmanned Juno spacecraft on Monday began orbiting Jupiter, a key triumph for the $1.1 billion mission that aims to uncover the origins of the biggest planet in the solar system. "Welcome to Jupiter," said a commentator at mission control at NASA`s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The room erupted in cheers as the solar observatory successfully entered its aimed-for orbit around Jupiter at 11:53 pm (0353 GMT Tuesday). The spacecraft has traveled 1.7 billion miles (2.7 billion kilometers) since it launched five years ago from Cape Canaveral, Florida. "We are in it," hollered Scott Bolton, NASA`s principal investigator. Launched from Florida nearly five years ago, Juno had to be precisely positioned, ignite its main engine at exactly the right time and keep it burning for 35 minutes to shed enough speed so it can be captured by Jupiter's gravity. Scientists are particularly interested in learning how much water Jupiter contains, which is key to determining where in the solar system it formed. Jupiter's origins, in turn, affected the development and position of the rest of the planets, including Earth and its fortuitous location conducive to the evolution of life. The immense gravity exerted by Jupiter's sheer size - packing 2-1/2 times the mass of all the other planets combined - is thought to have helped shield Earth from bombardment by comets and asteroids. "We are learning about nature, how Jupiter formed and what that tells us about our history and where we came from," Bolton said. The Juno probe is named for the ancient Roman goddess, who was the wife and sister of Jupiter, the mythological king of gods, and had the power to see through clouds. 'Musical notes' Only one other spacecraft, Galileo, has ever circled Jupiter, which is five times farther away from the sun than Earth and is itself orbited by 67 known moons. Bolton said Juno is likely to discover even more. Seven other US space probes have sailed past the gas giant on brief reconnaissance missions before heading elsewhere in the solar system. The risks to the spacecraft Juno will not end once it arrives in orbit. The probe must quickly turn around and face the sun so its 18,698 solar cells can begin recharging the battery. "I won't exhale until we are back sun-pointing again," Bolton said. Juno will fly in highly elliptical, egg-shaped orbits that pass within 3,000 miles (4,800 km) of the tops of Jupiter's clouds and inside the planet's powerful radiation belts. Juno's computers and sensitive science instruments are housed in a 400-pound (180-kg) titanium vault for protection. But during its 37 orbits around Jupiter, Juno will be exposed to the equivalent of 100 million dental X-rays, said Bill McAlpine, radiation control manager for the mission. The spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, is expected to last for 20 months. On its final orbit, Juno will dive into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it will be crushed and vaporized. Like Galileo, which circled Jupiter for eight years before crashing into the planet in 2003, Juno's demise is designed to prevent any hitchhiking microbes from Earth from inadvertently contaminating Jupiter's ocean-bearing moon Europa, a target of future study for extraterrestrial life. (Agencies)

NASA's Juno successfully begins orbiting Jupiter

NASA&#39;s Juno spacecraft hurtled closer toward Jupiter on Friday, headed for a July 4 leap into polar orbit around the solar system&#39;s largest planet to analyse how it formed and helped set the stage for life on Earth. 
 
During a 20-month study, Juno is expected to circle the gas giant in 37 egg-shaped orbits to measure microwaves radiating from inside the planet&#39;s thick atmosphere, map its massive magnetic field and conduct other experiments. 
 
Scientists are particularly keen to learn how much water Jupiter contains, a key to unlocking the origins of the largest celestial body in the solar system after the sun. 
 
Jupiter currently orbits the sun at a distance about five times farther away than Earth, but it may have formed in a different location and migrated, gravitationally elbowing aside other planets along the way. 
 
&quot;Something happens that allows a star to be born and then afterwards the planets ... That eventually leads to us,&quot; said the mission&#39;s lead scientist, Scott Bolton, a space physicist with the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. 
 
More than half of the material left over from the formation of the sun 4.6 billion years ago ended up in Jupiter, which has a circumference nearly 11 times bigger than Earth&#39;s and is itself orbited by 67 known moons. 
 
Jupiter is made almost entirely of hydrogen and helium, the two simplest and most abundant elements in the universe, but the planet&#39;s enormous mass generates such high pressure that the materials behave in unexpected and unknown ways. 
 
&quot;We&#39;re working in a new environment,&quot; said Frances Bagenal, a planetary scientist with the University of Colorado in Boulder. &quot;We don&#39;t know the physics of how things work at these high pressures.&rdquo; 
 
The Juno probe is named for the ancient Roman goddess, who was the wife and sister of Jupiter, the mythological king of gods, and had the power to see through clouds. 
 
From vantage points as close as 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometres) from the planet&#39;s cloud tops, the spacecraft is to not only search for water but assess whether Jupiter possesses a dense core beneath its atmosphere. 
 
&quot;We&#39;re about to embark on an incredible journey,&quot; Bolton said during a news conference from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. 
 
Juno, careening toward Jupiter at more than 160,000 miles per hour (25,750 kph), over 200 times the speed of sound, has been programmed to fire its braking rocket at 11:18 pm EDT on Monday (0318 GMT on Tuesday) in order to slow its course. 
 
The rocket must be precisely positioned and burn for 35 minutes to reduce its speed enough to allow it to be captured by Jupiter&#39;s gravity and swing into orbit. 
 
&quot;If that doesn&#39;t all go just right, we fly past Jupiter,&quot; Bolton said. 
 
Only one other spacecraft, NASA&#39;s Galileo space probe, has orbited Jupiter, circling the planet for eight years before colliding with the gas giant in 2003. The first spacecraft to fly past Jupiter was NASA&#39;s Pioneer 10 in 1973. 
 
Juno, which will arrive at Jupiter after a journey of five years and nearly two billion miles (3.2 billion kilometres), is expected to end its mission as the Galileo probe did, crashing itself into the planet to avoid possible contamination of Jupiter&#39;s ocean-bearing moon, Europa, with any microbes carried by the spacecraft. 
 
(Reuters)

Scientists want to know how much water the planet contains to learn about the origins of the solar system's second largest celestial body

NASA's Juno spacecraft hurtled closer toward Jupiter on Friday, headed for a July 4 leap into polar orbit around the solar system's largest planet to analyse how it formed and helped set the stage for life on Earth. During a 20-month study, Juno is expected to circle the gas giant in 37 egg-shaped orbits to measure microwaves radiating from inside the planet's thick atmosphere, map its massive magnetic field and conduct other experiments. Scientists are particularly keen to learn how much water Jupiter contains, a key to unlocking the origins of the largest celestial body in the solar system after the sun. Jupiter currently orbits the sun at a distance about five times farther away than Earth, but it may have formed in a different location and migrated, gravitationally elbowing aside other planets along the way. "Something happens that allows a star to be born and then afterwards the planets ... That eventually leads to us," said the mission's lead scientist, Scott Bolton, a space physicist with the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. More than half of the material left over from the formation of the sun 4.6 billion years ago ended up in Jupiter, which has a circumference nearly 11 times bigger than Earth's and is itself orbited by 67 known moons. Jupiter is made almost entirely of hydrogen and helium, the two simplest and most abundant elements in the universe, but the planet's enormous mass generates such high pressure that the materials behave in unexpected and unknown ways. "We're working in a new environment," said Frances Bagenal, a planetary scientist with the University of Colorado in Boulder. "We don't know the physics of how things work at these high pressures.” The Juno probe is named for the ancient Roman goddess, who was the wife and sister of Jupiter, the mythological king of gods, and had the power to see through clouds. From vantage points as close as 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometres) from the planet's cloud tops, the spacecraft is to not only search for water but assess whether Jupiter possesses a dense core beneath its atmosphere. "We're about to embark on an incredible journey," Bolton said during a news conference from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Juno, careening toward Jupiter at more than 160,000 miles per hour (25,750 kph), over 200 times the speed of sound, has been programmed to fire its braking rocket at 11:18 pm EDT on Monday (0318 GMT on Tuesday) in order to slow its course. The rocket must be precisely positioned and burn for 35 minutes to reduce its speed enough to allow it to be captured by Jupiter's gravity and swing into orbit. "If that doesn't all go just right, we fly past Jupiter," Bolton said. Only one other spacecraft, NASA's Galileo space probe, has orbited Jupiter, circling the planet for eight years before colliding with the gas giant in 2003. The first spacecraft to fly past Jupiter was NASA's Pioneer 10 in 1973. Juno, which will arrive at Jupiter after a journey of five years and nearly two billion miles (3.2 billion kilometres), is expected to end its mission as the Galileo probe did, crashing itself into the planet to avoid possible contamination of Jupiter's ocean-bearing moon, Europa, with any microbes carried by the spacecraft. (Reuters)

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