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3. Answer the comprehension questions by writing full sentences.
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dateline: 04 November 2014
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Jupiter Stares Back at NASA
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (The US space program.)
- eerie: spooky
- telescope: an instrument for looking closely at distant objects
- pupil: the black spot that contracts inside the iris of an eye
- Cyclops: a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology
- shrink: to reduce in size
Comprehension Questions
- What is Ganymede?
- What is the Great Red Spot?
- Why is NASA observing Jupiter closely?
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Discussion Questions:Â Do you believe there are living things actually staring back at earth as we observe what’s going on in space?
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Jupiter Stares Back at NASA
NASA has released an eerie photograph of Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system, staring back at the Hubble telescope. The photograph was taken in April, 2014 as Hubble observed Jupiter’s massive storm, also known as the Great Red Spot. When the shadow of Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system, passed over Jupiter’s storm, it looked just like a pupil inside a giant eye. NASA likened the image of Jupiter to an enormous Cyclops. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a massive storm that was discovered by humans in the 1600s. NASA has had its eye more closely on the spot in recent years because studies have shown that the storm is slowly shrinking
- Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system.
- The Great Red Spot is a massive storm on Jupiter.
- NASA is observing Jupiter closely because it seems that its storm is slowly shrinking.
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