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…
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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…
Juno Captures New Image of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot During 12th Flyby
This image of Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot and surrounding turbulent zones was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The color-enhanced image is a combination of…
3D Juno Movie Reveals Cyclones and Anticyclones on Jupiter
In this animation the viewer is taken low over Jupiter’s north pole to illustrate the 3-D aspects of the region’s central cyclone and the eight…
Spectacular Image of the Intricate Clouds of Jupiter
See intricate cloud patterns in the northern hemisphere of Jupiter in this new view taken by NASA’s Juno Spacecraft. The color-enhanced image was taken on…
Juno Captures Close-Up View of a Storm on Jupiter
This image captures a close-up view of a storm with bright cloud tops in the northern hemisphere of Jupiter. NASA’s Juno spacecraft took this color-enhanced…
Juno Mission Discovers Astonishing Features Unlike Anything Else in Our Solar System
Data collected by NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter indicate that the atmospheric winds of the gas-giant planet run deep into its atmosphere and last longer…