Jupiter’s Visible and Invisible Winds: Giant Planet’s Powerful Magnetic Field Changes Over Time
This image from NASA’s Juno mission captures the northern hemisphere of Jupiter around the region known as Jet N7. The planet’s strong winds create the…
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Strange New Auroral Feature Discovered on Jupiter
UVS images faint auroral rings that likely originate at edge of gas giant’s magnetosphere. The SwRI-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) orbiting Jupiter aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft…
Jupiter’s Spectacular Ultraviolet “Dawn Storm” Auroras Are Surprisingly Earth-Like
A new study tracks the life cycle of the spectacular ultraviolet storms in the big planet’s aurora, generated by charged particles from its volcanic moon,…
Dark Origins of One of Jupiter’s Grand Light Shows Revealed by NASA’s Juno Spacecraft
The gas-giant orbiter is illuminating the provenance of Jovian polar light shows. New results from the Ultraviolet Spectrograph instrument on NASA’s Juno mission reveal for…
Serendipitous Juno Spacecraft Detections Shatter Ideas About Origin of Zodiacal Light
Data from the NASA spacecraft’s journey to Jupiter suggests that Mars may be shedding dust into interplanetary space. Look up to the night sky just…
Juno Spacecraft Spots a Bright Explosion in Jupiter’s Atmosphere
From aboard the Juno spacecraft, a Southwest Research Institute-led instrument observing auroras serendipitously spotted a bright flash above Jupiter’s clouds last spring. The Ultraviolet Spectrograph…
NASA’s Juno Mission Expands Into the Future – To Explore Jupiter and Its Rings and Moons
The spacecraft, which has been gathering data on the gas giant since July 2016, will become an explorer of the full Jovian system – Jupiter…
NASA Extends Exploration for Juno and InSight Planetary Science Missions
As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon and on to Mars, the agency’s quest to seek answers about our solar system and…
Quarter-Century Jupiter Mystery Gets Deeper and Wider With New Data From NASA’s Juno Spacecraft
The spacecraft has been collecting data on the gas giant’s interior since July 2016. Some of its latest findings touch on “hot spots” in the…
Why Do Colorful Cloud Bands Encircle Jupiter?
Why do colorful cloud bands encircle Jupiter? Jupiter’s top atmospheric layer is divided into light zones and dark belts that go all the way around…
Cyclones at Jupiter’s North Pole Appear As Swirls of Striking Colors
Cyclones at the north pole of Jupiter appear as swirls of striking colors in this extreme false-color rendering of an image from NASA’s Juno mission….
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Reveals Jupiter’s Unusual Electrical Storms: “Shallow Lightning” and “Mushballs”
The spacecraft may have found where the colorless gas has been hiding on the solar system’s biggest planetary inhabitant. New results from NASA’s Juno mission…
Juno Spacecraft Captures Astonishing High-Altitude Hazes on Jupiter
NASA’s Juno mission captured this look at Jupiter’s tumultuous northern regions during the spacecraft’s close approach to the planet on February 17, 2020. Notable features…
Amazing Look at Jupiter’s Incredible Storms Using Ground and Space Observations
Hubble and Gemini Watch From Afar, Capturing High-Resolution Global Views of Jupiter That Are Key to Interpreting Juno’s Close-Up Observations of the Planet. With thunderheads…
Gemini Uses “Lucky Imaging” for an Unprecedented Look Inside Jupiter’s Storms
The international Gemini Observatory teams up with Hubble to support the Juno mission and bring new insights into Jovian weather. Researchers using a technique known…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Captured This Jaw-Dropping New Image of Jupiter
NASA’s Juno mission captured this look at Jupiter’s tumultuous northern regions during the spacecraft’s close approach to the planet on February 17, 2020. Some notable…
Jupiter Water Mystery Updated With Findings From NASA’s Juno Spacecraft
The mission publishes its first stream of data on the amount of water in Jupiter’s atmosphere — the first findings on the gas giant’s water…
To Avoid Freezing to Death, NASA’s Juno Prepares to Jump Jupiter’s Shadow
Last night, NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter successfully executed a 10.5-hour propulsive maneuver — extraordinarily long by mission standards. The goal of the burn, as…