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Epsilon Indi Ab's Ice Clouds, Saturn's Mystery Decagon & Europe's Orbital First
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JWST catches water-ice clouds where ammonia was expected on the nearest cold Jupiter analog, while Hubble spots an unprecedented ten-sided jet at Saturn's south pole. Plus: German startup Isar Aerospace becomes the first commercial company to reach orbit from continental Europe.
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JWST has detected water-ice clouds on a distant Jupiter-like planet, and the finding doesn't match what the models predicted. That gap is the story.
The other major atmospheric finding this cycle comes from a planet much closer to home. Hubble has identified a ten-sided jet pattern at Saturn's south pole, a feature nobody had seen before in that hemisphere.
Away from atmospheric science, European commercial spaceflight passed a threshold this week. German startup Isar Aerospace successfully launched its Spectrum rocket to orbit from Arctic Norway, placing five satellites.
Three developments. One thread connecting them.
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