Bolton said Juno, which reached Jupiter in 2016 after launching from Earth five years earlier, has with it a suite of scientific instruments that can examine Ganymede “in ways never before possible,” adding that the spacecraft’s ability to get so close “brings the exploration of Ganymede i...
You will be able to browse through hundreds of impressive photos in full-screen size and feel as if you were in Jupiter orbit at that moment. With the "Jupiter: Juno" application, our aim is to provide you with the information obtained from current researches about Jupiter in a compact way...
“See intricate cloud patterns in the northern hemisphere of Jupiter in this new view taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft,” NASA says of the image. “The color-enhanced image was taken on April 1 at 2:32 a.m. PST (5:32 a.m. EST), as Juno performed its twelfth close flyby of Jupi...
Jupiter's volcanic moon Io looks outstanding in these close flyby photos from NASA's Juno probe By Rahul Rao published February 7, 2024 During its second close rendezvous with Jupiter's volcanic moon, NASA's Juno spacecraft collected some amazing images of the scene. Juno NASA Juno spac...
Views of Jupiter taken by the Juno probe as it swept down from the north, left, to south, right, during a close flyby last week. Two frames are enlarged below.NASA Stunning views of Jupiter29 photos Pictures taken as Juno streaks from the north pole to the south look more like modern...
Jupiter's Great Red Spot23 photos Mission managers originally planned to maneuver Juno into a 14-day "science orbit," but they opted not to use the main engine again because of a potential problem with the propellant pressurization system. That will stretch out the time needed to complete the...
In a short treatise called Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger), published in March 1610, Galileo reported that he’d found four worlds orbiting Jupiter, similar to how Mercury and Venus orbit the sun. (Astronomers still regard Jupiter and its satellites as a kind of mini solar system.) ...
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NASA's Juno probe images Jupiter's Great Red Spot Experts believe giant storm may be more than 350 years old; former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino weighs in NASA's Juno spacecraft has released the first images of Jupiter's Great Spot, two days earlier than expected. The Spot, wh...
Since 2016 when Juno came intoJupiter's orbit, the spacecraft has collected data on the planet as well as its moons, such as Ganymede. In the past, Juno has also studied Jupiter's planetary rings. In terms of size, Europa has a nearly 2,000 equatorial diameter and is 90% similar to...