NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Exploring Jupiter’s Inner Moons During Extended Mission
After revealing a trove of details about the Jovian moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io….
After revealing a trove of details about the Jovian moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io….
Planets are surrounded by rings because they are made up of particles that orbit the planet. These particles can be made up of a variety…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft saw Ganymede cast a large, dark spot on Jupiter during its 40th close pass by the planet on February 25, 2022. JunoCam captured…
Science enthusiasts have processed the new JunoCam images of Jupiter’s icy moon, with results that are out of this world. Citizen scientists have furnished unique…
As the Juno spacecraft makes a close approach of the moon Europa, it is expected to provide valuable science – and remarkable imagery – for…
When Jupiter reaches opposition on Monday, September 26, stargazers can expect incredible views of Jupiter the entire night. From the viewpoint of Earth’s surface, opposition…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft recently captured this striking view of vortices — hurricane-like spiral wind patterns — near Jupiter’s north pole. It happened as NASA’s Juno…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft observed the complex colors and structure of Jupiter’s clouds on July 5, 2022, as it completed its 43rd close flyby of the…
Jupiter has a lot going on: giant storms, powerful winds, auroras, and extreme temperature and pressure conditions. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured…
After the recent release of the first images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, data from the telescope’s commissioning period is now being released on…
Jovian Vortex Hunter, a new NASA citizen science project, seeks your help spotting vortices – spiral wind patterns – and other phenomena in photos of…
New research finds that Jupiter’s gaseous envelope doesn’t have a homogeneous distribution and its metallicity reveals clues about its origin. An international team of astronomers…
Most stargazers will have a prime viewing opportunity to observe the planets Jupiter and Mars draw incredibly close in the predawn sky on the nights…
Jupiter’s already vibrant colors become even more spectacular in this striking artistic interpretation of an image from NASA’s Juno mission that shows the planet’s famous…
What Is Jupiter? Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun. It is a gas giant, and the largest and most massive planet in our…
Planetary scientists utilized the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a joint project of NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR, to examine Jupiter’s…
Parallel ice ridges, a common feature on Jupiter’s moon Europa, are found on Greenland’s ice sheet – and could bode well for Europa’s potential habitability….
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this magnificent view of Jupiter during the mission’s 40th close pass by the giant planet on February 25, 2022. The large,…