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 at the University of California, Berkeley. Dagnello They were able to track the storms inside Jupiter’s colorful belts, much like we track them on Earth, and realized the storms create plumes above the ammonia ice clouds. The plumes bring up ammonia gas from deep in the atmosphere to high altitudes, well above the main ammonia cloud deck.”

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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 …

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 …

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 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 …

A storm bigger than entire Earth: Wind speed in Jupiter's Great Red Spot speeding up, blowing at over 640 kmph
3 years, 5 months ago

A storm bigger than entire Earth: Wind speed in Jupiter's Great Red Spot speeding up, blowing at over 640 kmph

India Today  

Jupiter has always been the centre of curiosity for astronomers, however, it's not just the staggering size of this planet that attracts attention but phenomenons on the surface as well. The telescope has beamed back data indicating that the winds in the outermost "lane" of Jupiter's Great Red Spot are accelerating. The Great Red Spot has been observed raging on …

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 …

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 …

The mystery of Jupiter's coloured bands is finally solved!
6 years, 7 months ago

The mystery of Jupiter's coloured bands is finally solved!

Daily Mail  

The mystery underlying Jupiter's characteristic coloured bands has been solved thanks to data from Nasa's probe orbiting around the gas giant. Several strong jet streams flow west to east in Jupiter's atmosphere, which are similar to Earth's jet streams. Clouds of ammonia at Jupiter's outer atmosphere are carried along by these jet streams to form Jupiter's regimented coloured bands. Clouds …

WHAT IS JUPITER'S GREAT RED SPOT?
7 years ago

WHAT IS JUPITER'S GREAT RED SPOT?

Daily Mail  

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a giant oval of crimson-coloured clouds in Jupiter's southern hemisphere that race counterclockwise around the oval's perimeter. Trapped between two jet streams, the Great Red Spot is an anticyclone swirling around a centre of high atmospheric pressure that makes it rotate in the opposite direction to hurricanes on Earth. Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Juno reveals details about Jupiter; colossal cyclones and rivers of ammonia in the atmosphere
7 years, 9 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’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 …

Jupiter's Great Red 'Hot Spot' may explain atmospheric mystery
8 years, 7 months ago

Jupiter's Great Red 'Hot Spot' may explain atmospheric mystery

ABC  

The howling turbulence of Jupiter's Great Red Spot may be superheating the upper atmosphere above the storm, researchers say. Key points Jupiter's upper atmosphere is hotter than it should be A temperature spike has been found above Jupiter's Great Red Spot This suggests turbulence is the reason for such temperature anomalies The findings may shed light on a long-standing mystery …

Jupiter: Radio map shows planet's stormy weather has deep roots
8 years, 9 months ago

Jupiter: Radio map shows planet's stormy weather has deep roots

ABC  

Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot and other stormy surface features extend 30 to 100 kilometres below the enigmatic surface of the gas giant, a new radio map of the planet's atmosphere has revealed. Key points New technique showed swirling ammonia beneath Jupiter's cloud tops mirrors those on surface Also showed hotspots are ammonia-poor regions encircling planet Findings to help understanding …

Jupiter's Moon Helps Peek Below Planet's Belt
14 years, 1 month ago

Jupiter's Moon Helps Peek Below Planet's Belt

Wired  

Astronomers have a new view of the chaos brewing beneath Jupiter's cloud belt, thanks to some help from its icy moon Europa. This new image, captured Nov. 30, 2010 with the 10-meter Keck II telescope in Hawaii, shows heat escaping from Jupiter's interior, giving astronomers a peek into the roiling turmoil inside Jupiter's missing red stripe. Astronomers needed another tiny …

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