NASA’s Juno mission captures first closeup images of Jupiter’s largest moon in a generation
3 years, 9 months ago

NASA’s Juno mission captures first closeup images of Jupiter’s largest moon in a generation

CNN  

CNN — The largest moon in our solar system got its first close-up in more than 20 years on Monday. “We are going to take our time before we draw any scientific conclusions, but until then we can simply marvel at this celestial wonder.” This image of the dark side of Ganymede was taken by Juno's Stellar Reference Unit navigation camera during its June 7 flyby of the moon. Dark side of Ganymede Using its green filter, the spacecraft’s JunoCam visible-light imager captured almost an entire side of the moon, which is encrusted in water ice, NASA said. In addition, Juno’s Stellar Reference Unit, a navigation camera that keeps the spacecraft on course, snapped a black-and-white image of Ganymede’s dark side. “The conditions in which we collected the dark side image of Ganymede were ideal for a low-light camera like our Stellar Reference Unit,” said Heidi Becker, Juno’s radiation monitoring lead at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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NASA mission solves volcanic mystery of Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’ Io
3 months, 1 week 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 …

Juno Mission sheds light on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io
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3 months, 1 week ago

Juno Mission sheds light on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io

India TV News  

NASA's Juno mission has made an exciting discovery about Io, one of Jupiter’s moons known for its incredible volcanic activity. Researchers have found that Io’s volcanoes are not connected to a huge underground sea of molten rock, as previously thought. In 2023 and 2024, Juno spacecraft flew close to Io and collected important information about the moon’s gravitational field. One …

NASA mission solves volcanic mystery of Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’ Io
3 months, 1 week 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 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 …

NASA shares stunning photo of Jupiter’s hellish moon Io, snapped by Juno mission spacecraft
11 months ago

NASA shares stunning photo of Jupiter’s hellish moon Io, snapped by Juno mission spacecraft

Hindustan Times  

Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system and it has a huge number of moons, unlike Earth which has just one. NASA shared this amazing image of Jupiter's moon Io taken by the Juno mission spacecraft. These have been derived from the recent flybys of the Juno mission spacecraft and these have been turned into some stricking animations …

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 spacecraft captures Jupiter Moon Io's surface in close flyby | See pic
1 year, 1 month ago

NASA's Juno spacecraft captures Jupiter Moon Io's surface in close flyby | See pic

India TV News  

NASA recently shared a close-up image of Jupiter's Moon Io, taken by the Juno spacecraft during its final close flyby on February 3. "On Saturday, Feb. 3, our @NASASolarSystem Juno spacecraft made its final close flyby of Jupiter's moon Io. Scientific goals NASA aims to gain fresh insights into Io's volcanic processes and investigate the possibility of a global magma …

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 …

Just in time for Halloween! NASA's Juno probe spots a ghoulish 'face' on Jupiter
1 year, 4 months ago

Just in time for Halloween! NASA's Juno probe spots a ghoulish 'face' on Jupiter

Daily Mail  

With Halloween fast approaching, NASA has joined in with the spooky shenanigans by releasing a new image of a ghoulish looking 'face' on Jupiter. Half of the image is in darkness on the planet's night side, which NASA said only adds to the creepiness because it makes the face seem as though it is peering out from behind a door.⁣ …

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 …

The most volcanic world in the solar system is about to be visited by a NASA spacecraft
2 years, 3 months ago

The most volcanic world in the solar system is about to be visited by a NASA spacecraft

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “Juno sensors are designed to study Jupiter, but we’ve been thrilled at how well they can perform double duty by observing Jupiter’s moons.” The spacecraft recently captured a new image of Jupiter’s northernmost cyclone on September 29. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSImage The Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016 to uncover details more about …

Nasa reveals stunning images of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
2 years, 5 months ago

Nasa reveals stunning images of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa

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. Read our privacy policy Nasa revealed the newest close up photo of Jupiter’s icy Moon Europa taken …

Sounds from Solar System's biggest moon Ganymede arrive at Earth | Listen
3 years, 3 months ago

Sounds from Solar System's biggest moon Ganymede arrive at Earth | Listen

India Today  

The Juno mission, orbiting Jupiter, has beamed back data from its flyby around the biggest moon in the Solar System, Ganymede. MAPPING JUPITER’S MAGNETIC FIELD Astronomers at the Goddard Space Flight Center have produced the most detailed map ever obtained of Jupiter’s magnetic field. The data from the Juno spacecraft indicate that the planet has seen changes in the magnetic …

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 …

NASA Shares Post on Jupiter’s Largest Moon Ganymede, 'Mood' Photo Goes Viral
3 years, 7 months ago

NASA Shares Post on Jupiter’s Largest Moon Ganymede, 'Mood' Photo Goes Viral

News 18  

Outer space is filled with so many interesting hidden gems that leave us impressed. The post features an image of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede that also reveals some interesting facts about the possibility of the presence of water on the planet. The spacecraft developed the image using the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper instrument that sees infrared lights which are not visible …

NASA's $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft snaps 'starship captain' view images of Jupiter and Ganymede
3 years, 8 months ago

NASA's $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft snaps 'starship captain' view images of Jupiter and Ganymede

Daily Mail  

NASA has released a 'starship captain' point of view of Jupiter and its moon, Ganymede, in a series of images captured by the Juno probe before and after making its 34th flyby of the gas giant. The stunning images of Ganymede were snapped on June 7, when the spacecraft flew closer to Jupiter's ice-encrusted moon than any other craft has …

See first images of the biggest Moon in Solar System: Juno beams back pictures of Ganymede
3 years, 9 months ago

See first images of the biggest Moon in Solar System: Juno beams back pictures of Ganymede

India Today  

Hovering as close as 1,000 km to the surface, the Juno spacecraft visited the biggest moon in the solar system — Ganymede. The images captured from the Jupiter orbiter’s JunoCam imager and the Stellar Reference Unit star camera show the distinct dark and bright terrain of the moon and long structural features on its surface. This image of the dark …

NASA releases stunning close-up photos of Ganymede
3 years, 9 months ago

NASA releases stunning close-up photos of Ganymede

Daily Mail  

NASA has released two stunning close-up photos of Ganymede – the solar system's largest moon. Image made available by NASA and captured by the Juno spacecraft on Monday shows the dark side of the moon Ganymede as Juno flies by This second image from NASA shows the dark side of the Jovian moon Ganymede taken by the Juno spacecraft as …

NASA's Juno to Make the Closest Flyby to Jupiter's largest Moon 'Ganymede' on June 7
3 years, 9 months ago

NASA's Juno to Make the Closest Flyby to Jupiter's largest Moon 'Ganymede' on June 7

News 18  

NASA’s Juno spacecraft will come within 645 miles of the surface of Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede on June 7, the US space agency said on Friday. Juno’s measurements of the radiation environment near the moon will also benefit future missions to the Jovian system — encompassing Jupiter, its rings and moons, NASA said. “Juno carries a suite of sensitive instruments …

NASA's Juno to make closest flyby to Jupiter's largest Moon on June 7
3 years, 9 months ago

NASA's Juno to make closest flyby to Jupiter's largest Moon on June 7

India TV News  

NASA's Juno spacecraft will come within 645 miles of the surface of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede on June 7, the US space agency said on Friday. Juno's measurements of the radiation environment near the moon will also benefit future missions to the Jovian system -- encompassing Jupiter, its rings and moons, NASA said. "Juno carries a suite of sensitive instruments …

First-ever image of Jupiter's Moon Ganymede revealed. Check details
4 years, 7 months ago

First-ever image of Jupiter's Moon Ganymede revealed. Check details

India TV News  

NASA's Juno spacecraft has captured the first infrared images of the north pole of Jupiter's Ganymede, which is the largest moon in the solar system. The Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper instrument that captured to enthralling picture has three main layers: a sphere of metallic iron at the center, a spherical shell of rock surrounding the core, and a spherical shell …

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 …

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 …

The first results from the Juno mission are in – and they already challenge our understanding of Jupiter
7 years, 9 months ago

The first results from the Juno mission are in – and they already challenge our understanding of Jupiter

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 Ten months after its nerve-wracking arrival at Jupiter, NASA’s Juno mission …

Jupiter: First data from Juno mission reveals massive cyclones and auroras
7 years, 9 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 …

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 …

Nasa's Juno mission: Here is the first look of Jupiter and its moons
8 years, 8 months ago

Nasa's Juno mission: Here is the first look of Jupiter and its moons

Firstpost  

Nasa’s Juno spacecraft has sent the first-ever image of the gas giant Jupiter and three of its four moons to the Earth as it continues orbiting the planet. Washington: Nasa’s Juno spacecraft has sent the first-ever image of the gas giant Jupiter and three of its four moons to the Earth as it continues orbiting the planet. The colour image …

Amateur Astronomer Maps Jupiter's Moon Ganymede in Impressive Detail
12 years, 5 months ago

Amateur Astronomer Maps Jupiter's Moon Ganymede in Impressive Detail

Wired  

Using little more than a backyard telescope and his experience observing the night sky, amateur astronomer Emmanuel Kardasis has produced a detailed map of Jupiter’s largest moon Ganymede. Though Ganymede is the biggest moon in the solar system -- larger in fact than the planet Mercury -- and can be seen in the night sky with a simple pair of …

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