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…
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Rare Corona of the Planet Jupiter Caught in Stunning Image
Stars are surrounded by something known as a corona — a diffuse aura of plasma that appears to surround them in the sky. For the…
Radio Jupiter: Seeing the Giant Planet in a Brilliant New Light
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is also the brightest planet at radio frequencies. While radio astronomy often focuses on more…
Incredible Jupiter Images from Juno, Shadow Jumping, and a New Cyclone Discovery
Jupiter’s south pole has a new cyclone. The discovery of the massive Jovian tempest occurred on November 3, 2019, during the most recent data-gathering flyby…
Water Vapor Confirmed on Jupiter’s Moon Europa by NASA Scientists [Video]
Forty years ago, a Voyager spacecraft snapped the first closeup images of Europa, one of Jupiter’s 79 moons. These revealed brownish cracks slicing the moon’s…
Free Screening of ‘Saving Galileo’ Documentary
This October marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter by space shuttle Atlantis. To celebrate the mission – designed,…
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…
Hints of a Volcanically Active Exomoon Orbiting a Planet 550 Light-Years Away
A rocky extrasolar moon (exomoon) with bubbling lava may orbit a planet 550 light-years away from us. This is suggested by an international team of…
Incredible New Radio Wave Images Show What’s Inside Jupiter’s Storms [Video]
Artists’ animation showing Jupiter in radio waves with ALMA and in visible light with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), I. de Pater…
NASA Mission to Jupiter’s Icy Moon Confirmed
An icy ocean world in our solar system that could tell us more about the potential for life on other worlds is coming into focus…
Young Jupiter Collided With Massive Protoplanet [Video]
Jupiter’s core may still be reeling from collision 4.5 billion years ago. A colossal, head-on collision between Jupiter and a still-forming planet in the early…
Hubble Showcases New Portrait of Jupiter
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the intricate, detailed beauty of Jupiter’s clouds in this new image taken on 27 June 2019, by Hubble’s Wide…
Juno Discovers Changes in Jupiter’s Magnetic Field
NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter made the first definitive detection beyond our world of an internal magnetic field that changes over time, a phenomenon called…
Juno Spacecraft Captures Striking View of Jupiter
This striking view of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it performed a close pass of…
Juno Exposes Dramatic Atmospheric Features of Jupiter
Dramatic atmospheric features in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere are captured in this view from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The new perspective shows swirling clouds that surround a…
Juno Spacecraft Views 5,000 Mile Wide Storm in Jupiter’s Southern Hemisphere
A giant, spiraling storm in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere is captured in this animation from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The storm is approximately 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers)…
NASA’s Juno Reveals Two Massive Storms in Latest Flyby of Jupiter
This image of Jupiter’s turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it performed its most recent close flyby of the gas giant…
Juno Mission Hits Halfway Point in Data Collection
On Dec. 21, at 8:49:48 a.m. PST (11:49:48 a.m. EST) NASA’s Juno spacecraft will be 3,140 miles (5,053 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops and hurtling…