JunoCam Captures Magnificent View of Jupiter’s North-North Temperate Belt
A multitude of magnificent, swirling clouds in Jupiter’s dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Appearing in the…
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Juno Views Swirling White Cloud in Jupiter’s South South Temperate Belt
A swirling, oval white cloud in Jupiter’s South South Temperate Belt is captured in this image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Known as White Oval A5,…
NASA’s JunoCam Detects Atmospheric Wave Trains on Jupiter
Massive structures of moving air that appear like waves in Jupiter’s atmosphere were first detected by NASA’s Voyager missions during their flybys of the gas-giant…
Juno Captures Amazing View of Jupiter’s Swirling Southern Hemisphere
In the final minutes of a recent close flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a departing view of the planet’s swirling southern hemisphere. This…
Juno Spacecraft Views Jovian Swirls
Clouds in a Jovian jet stream, called Jet N5, swirl in the center of this color-enhanced image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. A brown oval known…
Juno Views Elusive ‘Brown Barge’ in Jupiter’s South Equatorial Belt
A long, brown oval known as a “brown barge” in Jupiter’s South Equatorial Belt is captured in this color-enhanced image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Brown…
Amazing Time Lapse Sequence of Jupiter’s North Hemisphere
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures the striking atmospheric features of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere in this series of color-enhanced images. An anticyclonic white oval, called N5-AWO, can…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Views High-Altitude Jovian Clouds
This image captures a high-altitude cloud formation surrounded by swirling patterns in the atmosphere of Jupiter’s North North Temperate Belt region. The North North Temperate…
Juno Data Indicate Another Possible Volcano on Jupiter Moon Io
Data collected by NASA’s Juno spacecraft using its Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument point to a new heat source close to the south pole…
NASA Juno Spacecraft Image of Jupiter From 13th Close Flyby
This image of Jupiter’s southern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on the outbound leg of a close flyby of the gas-giant planet. Citizen…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Views Chaotic Clouds of Jupiter
This image captures swirling cloud belts and tumultuous vortices within Jupiter’s northern hemisphere. NASA’s Juno spacecraft took this color-enhanced image at 10:23 p.m. PDT on…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Views a Dark and Stormy Jupiter
This image captures the intensity of the jets and vortices in Jupiter’s North North Temperate Belt. NASA’s Juno spacecraft took this color-enhanced image at 10:31…
Updated Juno Mission Allows for More Exploration of the Jovian Magnetosphere
NASA has approved an update to Juno’s science operations until July 2021. This provides for an additional 41 months in orbit around Jupiter and will…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Solves 39-Year Old Mystery of Jupiter Lightning
Ever since NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft flew past Jupiter in March, 1979, scientists have wondered about the origin of Jupiter’s lightning. That encounter confirmed the…
Juno Views Jet Stream Speeding Through Jupiter’s Atmosphere
See a jet stream speeding through Jupiter’s atmosphere in this new view taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The jet stream, called Jet N2, was captured…
Juno Spacecraft Captures Extraordinary View of Jupiter
This extraordinary view of Jupiter was captured by NASA’s Juno Spacecraft on the outbound leg of its 12th close flyby of the gas giant planet. This…
Juno Image Captures Dynamic Nature of Jupiter’s Northern Temperate Belt
This image captures the dynamic nature of Jupiter’s northern temperate belt. The view reveals a white, oval-shaped anticyclonic storm called WS-4. NASA’s Juno spacecraft took…
NASA ScienceCasts: New Science and Images from Jupiter
As the Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter, new discoveries about the giant planet continue to be made. When NASA’s Juno spacecraft recently flew over the poles…