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Sharmila Kuthunur

Europe's JUICE Jupiter probe flies by Earth on Aug. 20, and it may be visible to some skywatchers

Illustration of a robotic probe in space with the sphere of earth in the background.

Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer probe, or JUICE for short, is scheduled to zip past Earth next month, and some skywatchers may be able to get a fleeting glimpse of the spacecraft.

The $1.1 billion JUICE, Europe's first-ever Jupiter mission, lifted off in April 2023 to study Jupiter and three of its biggest moons — Ganymede, Callisto and Europa, all of which are thought to harbor liquid-water oceans beneath their ice-covered surfaces. 

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