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Early Monday morning, the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) zoomed by Earth as it prepared to slingshot itself off to the outer solar system. The flyby’s goal was to let Juice use Earth’s gravity to fine-tune its trajectory—and along the way, it snapped some pretty pictures of our planet and the moon. On supporting science journalism If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today. Juice also had the opportunity to tune up and test its scientific tools, which will eventually be used to analyze the mysteries of Jupiter’s icy moons. During its Monday flyby, the spacecraft spent some time in the tail of Earth’s magnetic field, which stretches away from the sun, studying charged particles and activity out there. “Juice’s journey to Jupiter provides only a few opportunities to calibrate and validate the instruments under well-understood environmental conditions,” said Juice project scientist Claire Vallat in a statement. Also during Monday’s flyby, Juice captured images of Earth, zooming in on parts of Africa, and the moon with its NavCam instrument, which...