Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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We’ve probed some 250 kilometers into Jupiter’s atmosphere, and that’s raised some new questions about the mysterious planet. And we’ve taken another important step in looking for life on Mars by using a common chemistry process for the first time in space!

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