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 that reveal storm systems and weather activity unlike anything scientists have ever seen before on any of our solar system’s gas giants, the space agency said Friday. During Juno’s flyby, it hovered about 2,500 miles above the planet’s swirling clouds, capturing images of Jupiter’s north and south poles. Video Ad Feedback NASA's Juno spacecraft finally reaches Jupiter 01:31 - Source: CNN “Jupiter is talking to us in a way only gas-giant worlds can,” Waves co-investigator Bill Kurth of the University of Iowa said.

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New spots discovered on Jupiter's poles can fit Earth inside them
3 months, 3 weeks ago

New spots discovered on Jupiter's poles can fit Earth inside them

India Today  

Astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley have made a new discovery on Jupiter, revealing the presence of Earth-sized dark ovals at the planet's poles just as the Great Red Spot. The dark ovals, embedded in stratospheric haze layers capping Jupiter's poles, are typically found just below the planet's auroral zones. His analysis revealed eight southern UV-dark ovals between 1994 …

Juno captures hundreds of cyclonic storms raging on Jupiter for decades
8 months 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 …

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 …

Jupiter is struck by neon green lightning bolt in stunning Nasa photo
1 year, 9 months ago

Jupiter is struck by neon green lightning bolt in stunning Nasa photo

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 This incredible photo taken by NASA shows a bright green stream of light …

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's Webb telescope captures Jupiter's faint rings, Great Red Spot
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA's Webb telescope captures Jupiter's faint rings, Great Red Spot

India TV News  

Highlights Jupiter has a lot going on with giant storms, powerful winds, auroras and extreme temperature Auroras extend to high altitudes above both the northern and southern poles of Jupiter The auroras shine in a filter that is mapped to redder colours NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured new stunning images of Jupiter that will give scientists even more …

Jupiter’s auroras shine in new images from James Webb Space Telescope
2 years, 7 months ago

Jupiter’s auroras shine in new images from James Webb Space Telescope

LA Times  

This false color composite image of Jupiter was obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 27, 2022. The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is seeing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. The James Webb Space Telescope took the photos in late July, capturing unprecedented views of Jupiter’s northern and southern lights, and swirling polar haze. NASA …

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 …

NASA's Hubble Shares Photos of Jupiter's Auroras, Taken Over 23 Years Ago
4 years, 2 months ago

NASA's Hubble Shares Photos of Jupiter's Auroras, Taken Over 23 Years Ago

News 18  

Watching auroras on Earth seemed to have become too common, it seems. Maybe, that is the reason why the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Hubble Telescope shared a breathtaking picture of how auroras look on Jupiter. Throwing it way back to 23 years ago on Thursday, NASA’s Hubble telescope shared pictures of Jupiter auroras that were captured in 1998. In …

Juno mission observes ‘sprites’ dancing in Jupiter’s atmosphere
4 years, 4 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 …

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 …

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 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 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 …

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 …

Jupiter: Nasa's Juno spacecraft finds Earth-sized storms raging above the planet's poles
7 years, 9 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 …

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 …

Jupiter’s mysteries: Juno mission first results, new images
7 years, 9 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 …

Juno reveals that Jupiter’s north pole is ‘like nothing we have seen or imagined’
8 years, 6 months ago

Juno reveals that Jupiter’s north pole is ‘like nothing we have seen or imagined’

LA Times  

Seen from a different angle, Jupiter looks like a whole new world. After flying within about 2,500 miles of the planet’s cloud tops on Aug. 27, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent home unprecedented images of Jupiter’s north pole, revealing a stormy fluid-scape that looks as if it could be on a totally different gas giant. “The north pole of Jupiter …

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 …

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 …

NASA's Juno mission has reached Jupiter and here's why you should care
8 years, 8 months ago

NASA's Juno mission has reached Jupiter and here's why you should care

ABC  

For several years, a spacecraft the size of a tennis court has been hurtling towards Jupiter at a speed of 30 km per second. Cloaked in lethal clouds that hide its interior, and surrounded by the most dangerous radiation belt in the solar system, getting Juno in the right place at the right times to dissect Jupiter's innards — without …

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