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…
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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…
Jupiter’s Ganymede: A Moon Like No Other
Far across the solar system, where Earth appears merely as a pale blue dot, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft spent eight years orbiting Jupiter. During that time,…
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…
Jupiter’s Colored Bands Extend Thousands of Miles into the Planet
In the year and a half NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter, the science team led by Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Scott Bolton has…
Scientists Reveal Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is Growing Taller as it Shrinks
Though once big enough to swallow three Earths with room to spare, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been shrinking for a century and a half….
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…
Juno Captures Breathtaking Image of Jupiter’s Swirling Cloud Formations
This image captures the swirling cloud formations around the south pole of Jupiter, looking up toward the equatorial region. NASA’s Juno Spacecraft took the color-enhanced…
New Hydrothermal Model Evaluates the Possibility of Life on Jupiter’s Moon Europa
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is a major target of astrobiology research in light of the possibility that it offers a habitable environment in the Solar…
Juno Captures Awesome Time-Lapse Sequence of Jupiter’s South Pole
This series of images captures cloud patterns near Jupiter’s south pole, looking up towards the planet’s equator. NASA’s Juno spacecraft took the color-enhanced time-lapse sequence…
Amazing Juno Image Captures Jupiter’s Swirling Cloud Formations
See swirling cloud formations in the northern area of Jupiter’s north temperate belt in this new view taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The color-enhanced image…
Juno Spacecraft Completes Tenth Close Flyby Science Orbit of Jupiter
Juno accomplished a close flyby over Jupiter’s churning atmosphere on Wednesday, February 7, successfully completing its tenth science orbit. The closest approach was at 6:36…
Spectacular Juno Image of Jupiter’s Northern Polar Belt Region
This spectacular new image taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft show’s Jupiter’s northern polar belt region. This color-enhanced image was taken on December 16, 2017 at…
New Juno Spacecraft Image of Jupiter’s Clouds
NASA’s Juno spacecraft was a little more than one Earth diameter from Jupiter when it captured this mind-bending, color-enhanced view of the planet’s tumultuous atmosphere….