Juno captures hundreds of cyclonic storms raging on Jupiter for decades
8 months, 1 week ago

Juno captures hundreds of cyclonic storms raging on Jupiter for decades

India Today  

During its 61st close flyby of Jupiter on May 12, 2024, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a stunning colour-enhanced view of the giant planet’s northern hemisphere. The raw data for this image was collected by the JunoCam instrument when the spacecraft was approximately 18,000 miles above Jupiter’s cloud tops, at a latitude of about 68 degrees north of the equator. Eason applied digital processing techniques to enhance the colour and clarity of the image, providing a more detailed and visually striking representation of Jupiter’s atmospheric dynamics. The spacecraft’s close flybys provide valuable data that help scientists unravel the complexities of the gas giant’s atmosphere and its underlying processes.

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NASA mission solves volcanic mystery of Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’ Io
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NASA mission solves volcanic mystery of Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’ Io

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. But the moon’s wild volcanic activity wasn’t detected until Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter and its moons in 1979, revealing Io’s dynamic surface that resembled a pepperoni pizza, Bolton said. We knew data from Juno’s two very close flybys could give us some insights on how this tortured moon actually worked.” This …

NASA mission solves volcanic mystery of Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’ Io
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NASA mission solves volcanic mystery of Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’ Io

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. But the moon’s wild volcanic activity wasn’t detected until Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter and its moons in 1979, revealing Io’s dynamic surface that resembled a pepperoni pizza, Bolton said. We knew data from Juno’s two very close flybys could give us some insights on how this tortured moon actually worked.” This …

Fireflies on Jupiter: Juno makes first radiation map of Solar System giant
7 months, 1 week ago

Fireflies on Jupiter: Juno makes first radiation map of Solar System giant

India Today  

Nasa's Juno mission has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by creating the first complete 3D radiation map of the Jupiter system. This innovative map provides a detailed view of the high-energy particle environment surrounding Jupiter, including the intense radiation near the orbit of its icy moon Europa. In addition to mapping radiation, Juno's instruments are providing rare low-light images of Jupiter's …

Sharpest picture of Jupiter's moon Io shows tall mountains, bubbling lava lakes
1 year, 1 month ago

Sharpest picture of Jupiter's moon Io shows tall mountains, bubbling lava lakes

India Today  

Nasa's Juno spacecraft has executed the closest flybys of Jupiter's moon Io in over two decades to send the sharpest image of the most volcanic place in Solar System. On December 30th, 2023, Juno made a daring approach to within 1,500 kilometers of Io's tumultuous surface, capturing unprecedented high-resolution images of the most volcanic body. The JunoCam instrument aboard the …

Nasa's Juno captures two volcanic plumes rising above Jupiter's moon Io
1 year, 1 month ago

Nasa's Juno captures two volcanic plumes rising above Jupiter's moon Io

India Today  

Nasa's Juno spacecraft has once again soared past Jupiter's moon Io, capturing unprecedented data that could unlock the secrets of its volcanic landscape. The mission's team is particularly intrigued by the observation of two volcanic plumes rising from Io's surface during the flyby. They hope to determine whether Io harbors a global magma ocean beneath its crust and to understand …

NASA's Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter's volcanic moon Io
1 year, 2 months ago

NASA's Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter's volcanic moon Io

Hindustan Times  

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's spacecraft Juno has captured detailed images of Jupiter's moon Io after it came closer to the planet's moon than any other mission has in the last two decades. Jupiter moon Last week, the space agency released the images taken by the spacecraft, which flew roughly 930 miles from the surface of Io. “By combining data …

Something Fishy in Jupiter: James Webb Telescope catches fast-moving jet stream near planet’s equator
1 year, 5 months ago

Something Fishy in Jupiter: James Webb Telescope catches fast-moving jet stream near planet’s equator

Firstpost  

There is something highly suspicion going on in Jupiter. A wide high-speed jet stream, measuring over 3,000 miles or 4,800 kilometres in breadth is flying at great speeds just over the planets equator NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled a striking feature within Jupiter’s atmosphere, shedding new light on the intricacies of the planet’s weather dynamics. NASA scientists have …

NASA shares never-before-seen images of Jupiter's lava-covered moon, Io
1 year, 5 months ago

NASA shares never-before-seen images of Jupiter's lava-covered moon, Io

ABC  

NASA has released detailed images of Io, one of about 90 moons revolving around Jupiter, using the space agency's Juno probe. Images taken with NASA's Juno probe show Io in the bottom left and Jupiter in the top right of the image. Never-before-seen feature discovered in Jupiter's atmosphere NASA has been particularly interested in the biggest planet in our solar …

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Captures Mysterious Lightning Glow On Jupiter
1 year, 9 months ago

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Captures Mysterious Lightning Glow On Jupiter

Hindustan Times  

One of NASA’s spacecraft caught a strange and surreal lightning glow inside a swirling vortex on Jupiter. Juno Spacecraft captured a strange green lightning on Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. In 2016, the Juno spacecraft was dispatched to observe Jupiter and its moons, capturing its 31st close flyby of the gas giant on 30th December …

NASA spacecraft documents how Jupiter's lightning resembles Earth's
1 year, 10 months ago

NASA spacecraft documents how Jupiter's lightning resembles Earth's

The Hindu  

Hidden below the brownish ammonia clouds blanketing Jupiter are clouds that like on Earth are made of water. And like on Earth, lightning often is generated within these clouds - an eerie sight spotted by various spacecraft that have visited our solar system's largest planet, including NASA's Juno probe. Data obtained by Juno is providing fresh information on how the …

NASA's Juno probe snaps a stunning photo of Jupiter revealing the planet's true colours
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA's Juno probe snaps a stunning photo of Jupiter revealing the planet's true colours

Daily Mail  

A NASA probe has captured stunning new images of Jupiter that show the gas giant in its 'true colours'. The Juno spacecraft observed the complex colours and swirling patterns of Jupiter's clouds as it completed its 43rd close flyby on July 5 2022 An approximately true colour and contrast image of Jupiter processed by Björn Jónsson from the PJ44_46 raw …

NASA shows two storms brewing on Jupiter's surface, Dia Mirza reacts to viral photo
3 years, 2 months ago

NASA shows two storms brewing on Jupiter's surface, Dia Mirza reacts to viral photo

India TV News  

National Aeronautics and Space Administration has shared a picture showing two storms brewing on Jupiter’s surface. Two large rotating storms brew on Jupiter’s surface in this image captured by @NASASolarSystem Juno spacecraft’s visible-light imager, JunoCam, on Juno’s 38th pass at about 3,815 miles altitude." As small as they appear in comparison to the large storm below, these clouds are typically …

Juno flyby reveals stunning new images of Jupiter, sounds of its moon Ganymede
3 years, 3 months ago

Juno flyby reveals stunning new images of Jupiter, sounds of its moon Ganymede

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Images of cyclones at Jupiter’s poles intrigued Lia Siegelman, a scientist working with the Juno team who typically studies Earth’s oceans. “These are especially evident in high-resolution satellite images of vortices in Earth’s oceans that are revealed by plankton blooms that act as tracers of the flow.” Oceanographers are using …

Juno mission observes ‘sprites’ dancing in Jupiter’s atmosphere
4 years, 5 months ago

Juno mission observes ‘sprites’ dancing in Jupiter’s atmosphere

CNN  

CNN — Blue sprites and elves have been detected twirling in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter by NASA’s Juno mission. “On Earth, sprites and elves appear reddish in color due to their interaction with nitrogen in the upper atmosphere,” said lead study author and Juno planetaryscientist Rohini S. Giles, in a statement. SwRI/JPL-Caltech/NASA But Juno’s team also believes the instrument …

How the public is helping NASA’s Juno mission
5 years, 1 month ago

How the public is helping NASA’s Juno mission

CNN  

CNN — NASA wants your help. “I try to keep the color close,” he says, while revealing “what’s more pleasing and more telling about what’s on the surface.” A koi fish-like formation in the upper clouds of Jupiter, captured on perijove 24 of the Juno mission. “Finally, we have these really crisp images.” Other personal highlights include Juno looking down …

NASA captures spectacular view of Jupiter's swirling clouds
5 years, 5 months ago

NASA captures spectacular view of Jupiter's swirling clouds

India TV News  

In a spectacular view, NASA has captured swirling clouds in Jupiter's northern hemisphere. In the image, as described by NASA, the international space agency's Juno spacecraft on September 11 captured swirling clouds in Jupiter's northern hemisphere known as 'Jet N4.' Jupiter spins once every 10 hours and this fast rotation creates strong jet streams, separating its clouds into dark belts …

Turbulent storm clouds disrupt Jupiter’s colorful appearance
5 years, 7 months ago

Turbulent storm clouds disrupt Jupiter’s colorful appearance

CNN  

CNN — Jupiter’s turbulent beauty comes from its wild atmosphere full of storms, artfully swirling clouds and big bands of color wrapping around the gas giant. And for the first time, we were able to study the atmosphere below the ammonia cloud layers after an energetic eruption on Jupiter,” said Imke de Pater, study author and professor emerita of astronomy …

Stunning photo of 'intensely dark' vortex on Jupiter is captured by NASA's Juno probe
5 years, 9 months ago

Stunning photo of 'intensely dark' vortex on Jupiter is captured by NASA's Juno probe

Daily Mail  

NASA's Juno spacecraft has captured a stunning image of Jupiter, with an 'intensely dark vortex' swirling across the surface. Scroll down for video NASA's Juno spacecraft has captured a stunning image of Jupiter, with an 'intensely dark vortex' swirling across the surface. The craft snapped the image during its 20th flyby of the planet on May 29th when Juno was …

New photos from Jupiter look like a van Gogh painting
6 years, 1 month ago

New photos from Jupiter look like a van Gogh painting

CNN  

CNN — No, that’s not Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night” painting, but the swirls are pretty convincing. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back some lovely new photos of Jupiter that give us all of the Post-Impressionist feels. In the new images, atmospheric features in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere showcase clouds that swirl around a circle in a jet stream region called …

NASA sent Juno to Jupiter in 2011. It got back works of art
6 years, 3 months ago

NASA sent Juno to Jupiter in 2011. It got back works of art

CNN  

CNN — NASA sent the spacecraft Juno to Jupiter in 2011. A south tropical disturbance has just passed Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot and reflects its orange haze from in these series of color-enhanced images from NASA. “The general theme of our discoveries is really how different Jupiter looked from how we expected,” said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator, from …

NASA shares stunning moonrise photo of Jupiter's moon Io captured by Juno spacecraft
6 years, 4 months ago

NASA shares stunning moonrise photo of Jupiter's moon Io captured by Juno spacecraft

India Today  

NASA has unveiled a stunning image of Jupiter's moon Io rising off the gas giant's horizon, captured by the Juno spacecraft. Io rising: #Jupiter's volcanic moon rises just off the horizon of the gas giant planet in this new color-enhanced image https://t.co/hscGAxDBWo pic.twitter.com/kPXh57mkoR NASA's Juno Mission November 15, 2018 At the time, Juno was about 18,400 kilometers from the planet's …

The calm at the center of Jupiter's Great Red Spot:
6 years, 4 months ago

The calm at the center of Jupiter's Great Red Spot:

Daily Mail  

Jupiter's Great Red Spot has long intrigued astronomers, with its gigantic swirling storms and hurricane force winds. The study, conducted by an international team of researchers led by Agustín Sánchez-Lavega, professor of Physics at the University of the Basque Country, found a 'rich diversity' of clouds within the Great Red Spot. Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a giant oval of …

Lightning storms discovered on Jupiter surprisingly similar to those on Earth
6 years, 9 months ago

Lightning storms discovered on Jupiter surprisingly similar to those on Earth

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Now, in a new paper published in the journal Nature, scientists from Nasa’s Juno mission …

Nasa’s Juno reveals Jupiter’s interior in unprecedented detail
7 years ago

Nasa’s Juno reveals Jupiter’s interior in unprecedented detail

Live Mint  

Washington: The interior of Jupiter is just as intriguing as the planet’s dazzling surface, with a swirling mixture of liquid hydrogen and helium at its center, vast atmospheric jet streams and exotic gravitational properties, scientists said on Wednesday. Data from Nasa’s Juno spacecraft, orbiting the solar system’s largest planet since 2016, is providing researchers with what they called unprecedented insight …

Pictures of Jupiter's cloud belt sent by Juno can go toe to toe with modern art
7 years, 2 months ago

Pictures of Jupiter's cloud belt sent by Juno can go toe to toe with modern art

India Today  

Spacecraft Juno sent pictures of the gas giant Jupiter and these pictures can sure take away the breath of an art admirer. NASA revealed the images of the planet's cloud belts dominating the southern hemisphere. It is seen as a red spot hence the name, The Great Red Spot Jupiter's atmosphere is largely made up of Hydrogen and Helium. Juno …

NASA'S JUNO MISSION TO JUPITER
7 years, 2 months ago

NASA'S JUNO MISSION TO JUPITER

Daily Mail  

The craft is expected to study the composition of the planet's atmosphere until 2025. Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' is changing colour: Earth-sized storm that could disappear completely in 20 years is glowing an intense orange Researchers at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, show that Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' is shrivelling at a rate of. Stunning image captured …

Jupiter glows like a jewel in these latest images sent by NASA’s Juno spacecraft
7 years, 2 months ago

Jupiter glows like a jewel in these latest images sent by NASA’s Juno spacecraft

India TV News  

The giant planet Jupiter, haunted by tumultuous gases, looked downright like a jewel in the sky in the latest images captured by US space agency NASA’s Juno spacecraft. "Each new orbit brings us closer to the heart of Jupiter's radiation belt, but so far the spacecraft has weathered the storm of electrons surrounding Jupiter better than we could have ever …

Want to see how a raging storm on Jupiter looks like? Here's an unbelievable NASA photograph
7 years, 4 months ago

Want to see how a raging storm on Jupiter looks like? Here's an unbelievable NASA photograph

India TV News  

Our solar system has always been a curious source of study with scientists discovering an astonishing fact every day. NASA's Juno spacecraft beamed back a stunning image of a massive, raging storm in Jupiters northern hemisphere, captured by the probe during its ninth close flyby of the gas giant planet. The colour-enhanced images shows a storm rotating counter-clockwise with a …

NASA image shows massive, raging storm on Jupiter
7 years, 4 months ago

NASA image shows massive, raging storm on Jupiter

Daily Mail  

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured a breathtaking image of a raging tempest on Jupiter. JUPITER'S STRING OF PEARLS' A 'String of Pearls' was pictured in the image at 40 degrees south latitude on the gas giant planet. Nasa describes them as 'massive counterclockwise rotating storms that appear as white ovals in the gas giant's southern hemisphere.' Jupiter is known to …

NASA unveils photos of Jupiter 'up close and personal'
7 years, 6 months ago

NASA unveils photos of Jupiter 'up close and personal'

Daily Mail  

NASA's Juno spacecraft performed its eighth flyby of Jupiter and captured stunning images of the planet. It was taken on July 10, 2017 at 6:42 p.m. PDT, as the Juno spacecraft performed its seventh close flyby of Jupiter, and shows the North North Temperate Little Red Spot 1, the third largest anticyclonic oval on the planet which is typically around …

In pictures: closest images yet of Jupiter’s iconic ‘Great Red Spot’
7 years, 8 months ago

In pictures: closest images yet of Jupiter’s iconic ‘Great Red Spot’

The Hindu  

NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft has beamed back a series of images of Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot, revealing a tangle of dark, veinous clouds weaving their way through a massive crimson oval. “For hundreds of years scientists have been observing, wondering and theorizing about Jupiter’s Great Red Spot,” said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in …

Juno and the Great Red Spot: First NASA images from fly-by of solar system's biggest storm
7 years, 8 months ago

Juno and the Great Red Spot: First NASA images from fly-by of solar system's biggest storm

ABC  

The first ever close-up images of Jupiter's gargantuan hurricane, the Great Red Spot, are beginning to trickle through from NASA's Juno spacecraft after it completed its historic fly-by a few days ago. Scientists are hoping the images — which will continue to be downloaded into the weekend — will open a new chapter in our understanding of the solar system's …

Probe peers into Jupiter's Great Red Spot
7 years, 8 months ago

Probe peers into Jupiter's Great Red Spot

China Daily  

NASA's Juno spacecraft in orbit above Jupiter's Great Red Spot is seen in this undated handout illustration obtained by Reuters July 11, 2017. LOS ANGELES - A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter began transmitting data and images on Tuesday from humanity's closest brush with the Great Red Spot, a flyby of the colossal, crimson storm that has fascinated Earthbound …

Check Out Juno’s Stirring Closeups of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
55 years, 2 months ago

Check Out Juno’s Stirring Closeups of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

Wired  

Even if you're a total space junkie, your mental image is probably an orange and white-striped planet with a big red dot in the southern hemisphere. Jupiter's red spot—a storm with a diameter larger than Earth's—has been the planet's most conspicuous feature for centuries, and was definitely the answer to a question on your fifth grade astronomy test. The Juno …

Nasa Juno spacecraft gets humanity's best glance yet at swirling red spot on Jupiter
7 years, 8 months ago

Nasa Juno spacecraft gets humanity's best glance yet at swirling red spot on Jupiter

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nasa's Juno spacecraft is sending back images from its trip to scrape by Jupiter and take pictures …

Jupiter: Nasa's Juno spacecraft finds Earth-sized storms raging above the planet's poles
7 years, 10 months ago

Jupiter: Nasa's Juno spacecraft finds Earth-sized storms raging above the planet's poles

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Earth-sized storms are swirling violently above Jupiter's poles, Nasa's exploratory spacecraft …

Juno reveals details about Jupiter; colossal cyclones and rivers of ammonia in the atmosphere
7 years, 10 months ago

Juno reveals details about Jupiter; colossal cyclones and rivers of ammonia in the atmosphere

Firstpost  

Jupiter’s atmosphere features colossal cyclones and rivers of ammonia welling up from deep inside the solar system’s largest planet, researchers said on Thursday, publishing the first insights from a NASA spacecraft flying around the gas giant. Juno found cyclones as big as 870 miles in diameter swirling over Jupiter’s north and south poles, the research published in this week’s issue …

Jupiter: First data from Juno mission reveals massive cyclones and auroras
7 years, 10 months ago

Jupiter: First data from Juno mission reveals massive cyclones and auroras

ABC  

The first close-up glimpse of Jupiter's poles reveals massive cyclonic storms — some as large as 1,400 kilometres in diameter — and powerful auroras. "You wouldn't recognise it as Jupiter at all," said Dr Jack Connerney of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre, deputy principal investigator on the Juno mission, and lead author on one of the studies. Storms and powerful …

Jupiter’s mysteries: Juno mission first results, new images
7 years, 10 months ago

Jupiter’s mysteries: Juno mission first results, new images

CNN  

Story highlights First results from the Juno mission to Jupiter reveal giant cyclones and ammonia in the atmosphere Jupiter's magnetic field is 10 times that of Earth's and and twice as strong as anticipated CNN — Beneath its heavy cloud cover, Jupiter has been able to keep its secrets from astronomers. Jupiter from the poles doesn’t look anything like it …

Nasa's Juno probe releases spooky noises from Jupiter's auroras
8 years, 5 months ago

Nasa's Juno probe releases spooky noises from Jupiter's auroras

Daily Mail  

Eerie recordings captured by the Juno probe during its recent flyby Jupiter have been revealed. Radio emissions from Jupiter's intense auroras were snagged when the Juno spacecraft made its first orbital pass of the gas giant on August 27. Radio emissions from Jupiter's auroras were captured during the flyby The emissions were first discovered in the 1950s but had never …

See Pic! NASA’s Juno sends back first spectacular image of Jupiter’s north pole
8 years, 6 months ago

See Pic! NASA’s Juno sends back first spectacular image of Jupiter’s north pole

India TV News  

NASA’s Juno sends back first spectacular image of Jupiter’s north pole NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter’s north pole, which show storm systems and weather activity unlike anything previously seen on any of our solar system’s gas-giant planets. The images were NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter’s north pole, which …

New images of Jupiter 'like nothing seen or imagined before'
8 years, 6 months ago

New images of Jupiter 'like nothing seen or imagined before'

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Jupiter's northern polar region is stormier than expected and appears bluer than the rest of …

Jupiter photos show unexpected weather activity at poles
8 years, 6 months ago

Jupiter photos show unexpected weather activity at poles

CNN  

Story highlights Close-ups of Jupiter's north pole show weather activity unlike anything scientists have seen on other gas giants Juno mission scientists have identified auroras, unexpected storm systems and even ghostly sounds on Jupiter CNN — Scientists have never explored Jupiter’s north pole – until now. NASA’s spacecraft Juno sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter’s north pole – photographs …

Mission Juno: NASA’s JunoCam Sends First Images of Jupiter
8 years, 8 months ago

Mission Juno: NASA’s JunoCam Sends First Images of Jupiter

The Quint  

JunoCam – the camera aboard NASA’s Juno mission – has sent the first image of Jupiter, as well as the images of three of its four largest moons.The spacecraft entered orbit around the king of planets on 4 July. The colour image shows atmospheric features on Jupiter, including the famous Great Red Spot, and three of the massive planet’s four …

Hello Jupiter! NASA Spacecraft Juno Arrives at the Giant Planet
8 years, 8 months ago

Hello Jupiter! NASA Spacecraft Juno Arrives at the Giant Planet

The Quint  

Hours before the encounter, NASA released a series of images taken last week during the approach, showing Jupiter glowing yellow in the distance, circled by its four inner moons. The fifth rock from the sun and the heftiest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is what’s known as a gas giant — a ball of hydrogen and helium — unlike …

Jupiter's auroras captured by NASA's Hubble space telescope
8 years, 8 months ago

Jupiter's auroras captured by NASA's Hubble space telescope

ABC  

Earth isn't the only planet to have shimmering auroras — and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured Jupiter's in action. The images show the same phenomenon that occurs on Earth — the light waves produced by the interaction of the planet's magnetic fields with its atmosphere. On Earth, auroras are produced by powerful plasma storms of highly charged particles from …

Jupiter 'puts on fireworks display' as space probe approaches planet
8 years, 8 months ago

Jupiter 'puts on fireworks display' as space probe approaches planet

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. British astronomer Dr Jonathan Nichols, from the University of Leicester, who heads the Hubble team …

On Jupiter, never-ending auroras seem to be ‘throwing a fireworks party’ for approaching NASA craft
8 years, 9 months ago

On Jupiter, never-ending auroras seem to be ‘throwing a fireworks party’ for approaching NASA craft

LA Times  

On Jupiter, Fourth of July fireworks last year-round. “It almost seems as if Jupiter is throwing a fireworks party for the imminent arrival of Juno.” See the most-read stories in Science this hour » NASA’s Juno spacecraft is on track to begin orbiting Jupiter on July 4. As Juno approaches Jupiter, it is collecting data on the solar wind, which …

Juno probe beams back its first image of Earth as it uses the planet's gravity to slingshot its way to Jupiter
11 years, 5 months ago

Juno probe beams back its first image of Earth as it uses the planet's gravity to slingshot its way to Jupiter

Daily Mail  

Juno probe beams back its first image of Earth as it uses the planet's gravity to slingshot its way to Jupiter The probe sent the image despite unexpectedly going into ‘safe mode’ The Earth's gravity helped Juno speed up from 78,000 mph to 87,000 mph At its closest approach, it hurtled 350 miles above South Africa The probe is now …

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