The European Space Agency (Esa) is to mount a billion-euro mission to Jupiter and its icy moons.

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VIDEO: Europe selects Jupiter mission

A proposal to study Jupiter’s icy moons – known as Juice – is now the front runner in the competition to select Europe’s next big space mission.

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Leader in billion-euro space bid

Could we have a replacement for Pluto? Two scientists at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette say they believe they’ve found a ninth planet in our solar system-four times larger than Jupiter, but somehow still hidden. So far it’s gone undetected…

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New Hidden Planet Discovered?

A brown stripe on Jupiter that disappeared earlier this year is re-establishing itself, providing a rare chance to study the phenomenon.

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Jupiter’s stripe makes a comeback