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The European Space Agency's Juice spacecraft photographed Earth during a flyby, with the planet filling the frame of the image. Africa and Madagascar are visible across the sunlit globe, while the Moon appears as a tiny point of light in the distance. The picture was taken by one of Juice's onboard monitoring cameras.

People are sharing a simple kitchen tip: squeezing lemon juice over chopped kale softens it before it goes into a salad, cutting down on the tough, chewy texture raw kale is known for. The discussion comes alongside talk of easy salad add-ons like roasted chickpeas and sweet potatoes, as home cooks swap practical food preparation advice.

Home gardeners are busy turning this season's grape harvest into fresh juice, with canning and do-it-yourself preservation underway. Enthusiasts in gardening and home food preservation circles are sharing their juicing sessions, swapping tips on processing fruit at home and stocking pantries with homemade juice for the months ahead.

A home gardener has finished processing this year's grape harvest, producing 13 jars of juice — more than originally expected. They underestimated the yield and still had grapes left over, but say the supply is more than enough to last a year with a few jars to give away, and expect a bigger crop next season.

A home gardener has shared news of making their first juice, using fruit from their own harvest. The post, tagged with home, gardening, fruit, diy and canning topics, marks a small milestone in the home food preservation season. It is drawing modest engagement from fellow gardening and canning enthusiasts who follow similar seasonal harvest updates.

A home gardener and winemaker has begun processing this year's grape harvest, moving pressed grape leftovers into a second bin and filling jars with fresh juice. They note there is still rich purple juice left in the skins but say keeping the work moving matters more than squeezing out every last drop, with the eighth jar already underway.

A gardener has picked this year's grape crop, reporting that lower vines produced little because they were only planted in the past year after the fence was redone and everything trimmed back last fall. The harvest did not fill a full bin, but they say there will be plenty for a dozen or more jars of homemade grape juice.

Mixologist Tiffanie Barriere has shared a seasonal martini recipe built around fresh apple juice, published via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The drink is pitched as a way to use autumn apple harvests in cocktails, with the recipe offered for readers to make at home during the fall season.

The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has completed a gravity-assist flyby of Earth, using the planet's gravity as a slingshot to gain the speed needed for its long journey to Jupiter. The manoeuvre is a key milestone for the mission, which aims to study Jupiter's icy moons and their potential habitability.