The planet’s auroras are known to produce low-energy X-ray light. A new study finally reveals…
Browsing: Juno Spacecraft
NASA’s Juno spacecraft is a groundbreaking mission designed to unlock the secrets of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. Since arriving in Jupiter’s orbit in 2016, Juno has provided stunning insights into the planet’s powerful magnetic field, deep atmospheric dynamics, and mysterious core structure. Equipped with a suite of advanced scientific instruments and a unique polar orbit, Juno is transforming our understanding of gas giants and planetary formation. Follow the latest discoveries, mission updates, and scientific findings from the Juno spacecraft here.
New Leicester space research has revealed, for the first time, a complex ‘tug-of-war’ lights up…
Images from NASA satellite of polar cyclones on Jupiter allow scientists to study the forces…
An audio track collected during Jupiter mission’s Ganymede flyby offers a dramatic ride-along. It is…
Juno data reveal the Great Red Spot reaches 500 km deep, much shallower than Jupiter’s…
Leicester study of data captured in orbit around Jupiter has revealed new insights into what’s…
Juno reveals Jupiter’s storms run deep, its jet streams are vast, and its polar cyclones…
Jupiter’s unexpectedly hot upper atmosphere is caused by its intense auroras, which distribute heat globally,…
Weizmann Institute scientists reveal how gigantic cyclones remain stable at both of Jupiter’s poles. Until…
The spacecraft used its infrared instrument during recent flybys of Jupiter’s mammoth moon to create…
Launched in 2011, NASA’s Juno mission aims to unlock Jupiter’s secrets with advanced instruments that…
Researchers have traced Jupiter’s X-ray aurorae to volcanic ions from its moon Io that are…
The Juno Waves instrument “listened” to the radio emissions from Jupiter’s immense magnetic field to…
The Juno probe flew closer to Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede, than any other spacecraft in…
A puzzler about the gas giant’s intense northern and southern lights has been deciphered. Planetary…
Trapped ions discovered at midlatitudes can have energies exceeding 100 megaelectron volts per nucleon. Their…
The first of the gas-giant orbiter’s back-to-back flybys will provide a close encounter with the…
Clyde’s Spot on Jupiter evolved from a plume into a large, persistent structure, captured by…