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Breathtaking Majesty: NASA’s Juno Captures Jupiter’s Colorful Chaos in Stunning Detail

NASA — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 02:23:11 +0000

Juno’s recent flyby captured transformative images of Jupiter’s storms and cloud patterns. During its 61st close flyby of Jupiter on May 12, 2024, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of the giant planet’s northern hemisphere. It provides a detailed view of chaotic clouds and cyclonic storms in an area known to scientists as a [...]

NASA’s Juno Uncovers the Fire-Breathing Lakes of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 13:48:42 +0000

Infrared imagery from the Juno spacecraft heats up the discussion on the inner workings of Jupiter’s hottest moon. NASA’s Juno probe, utilizing the JIRAM instrument, has uncovered detailed insights into the volcanic activity on Jupiter’s moon Io, revealing widespread lava lakes and dynamic volcanic processes. Historical and recent missions have shaped our understanding of Io [...]

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Reveals Dynamic Shifts on Europa’s Frozen Surface

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Fri, 17 May 2024 12:28:37 +0000

NASA’s Juno has provided images that support the theory of true polar wander on Europa, showing the moon’s ice shell has shifted. Images from the solar-powered spacecraft revealed intriguing features on the ice-encased Jovian moon, including geological disruptions and potential plume activity, suggesting liquid water and brine reaching the surface. Images captured by the JunoCam [...]

Stunning Images From Juno’s Close Flyby of Jupiter Unveil Hidden Surprise

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Thu, 16 May 2024 07:02:43 +0000

NASA’s Juno mission captured detailed images of Jupiter during its 59th close flyby, revealing the planet’s colorful belts, swirling storms, and the tiny moon Amalthea. Amalthea, with its potato-like shape and reddish hue, orbits inside Io’s orbit and emits more heat than it receives from the Sun, possibly due to electric currents induced by Jupiter’s [...]

NASA’s Juno Unlocks Secrets of Io’s Volcanic Fury and Jupiter’s Storms

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:25:34 +0000

Imagery from the solar-powered spacecraft provides close-ups of intriguing features on the hellish Jovian moon. Scientists on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter have transformed data collected during two recent flybys of Io into animations that highlight two of the Jovian moon’s most dramatic features: a mountain and an almost glass-smooth lake of cooling lava. [...]

Is Europa Habitable? Juno Spacecraft Measures Oxygen Production on Jupiter’s Moon

Southwest Research Institute — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:28:57 +0000

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has provided crucial data on the charged particles in Europa’s atmosphere, revealing insights into its potential for supporting life. This study, involving in-situ measurements of oxygen and hydrogen, brings new understanding to Europa’s environmental conditions and its subsurface ocean’s habitability. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has directly measured charged oxygen and hydrogen molecules from [...]

Juno’s Groundbreaking Discovery: Surprising Oxygen Insights From Europa’s Close Flyby

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 08:52:31 +0000

The ice-covered Jovian moon generates 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours – enough to keep a million humans breathing for a day. Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter have calculated the rate of oxygen being produced at the Jovian moon Europa to be substantially less than most previous studies. Published on March 4 [...]

NASA’s Juno Captures Stunning Images of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io in Closest Flybys Yet

NASA — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 11:44:27 +0000

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has conducted the closest flybys of Jupiter’s moon Io in over two decades, capturing detailed images with its JunoCam instrument. NASA’s Juno spacecraft just made the closest flybys of Jupiter’s moon Io that any spacecraft has carried out in more than 20 years. An instrument on this spacecraft called “JunoCam” returned spectacular, [...]

NASA’s Juno Captures Two Active Volcanic Plumes on Jupiter’s Moon Io

SciTechDaily.com — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:41:44 +0000

NASA’s Juno spacecraft observed two volcanic plumes on Io, suggesting significant volcanic activity on Jupiter’s moon. In a significant astronomical achievement, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has once again broadened our understanding of the solar system’s dynamics by capturing two volcanic plumes rising above the horizon of Jupiter’s moon Io. This event, recorded on February 3, presents [...]

Juno’s Close Encounter: Unveiling the Secrets of Jupiter’s Fiery Moon Io

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 09:51:46 +0000

The orbiter has performed 56 flybys of Jupiter and documented close encounters with three of the gas giant’s four largest moons. NASA’s Juno spacecraft will on Saturday, December 30, make the closest flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io that any spacecraft has made in over 20 years. Coming within roughly 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) from the [...]

NASA’s Juno Mission Discovers Organics on Jupiter’s Giant Moon Ganymede

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 08:46:14 +0000

Data collected by NASA’s Juno mission indicates a briny past may be bubbling to the surface on Jupiter’s largest moon. NASA’s Juno mission has observed mineral salts and organic compounds on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. Data for this discovery was collected by the Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) spectrometer aboard the spacecraft during [...]

A Halloween Treat: NASA’s Juno Mission Glimpses an Eerie “Face” on Jupiter

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 08:25:42 +0000

During its 54th flyby, NASA’s Juno captured an image of Jupiter’s Jet N7 region, revealing turbulent clouds and the planet’s terminator. Processed by Vladimir Tarasov, this image has intrigued scientists and displayed pareidolia effects. Juno’s Stunning Capture of Jupiter’s Northern Region On September 7, 2023, during its 54th close flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno mission [...]

Fiery Flyby: Juno’s Close Encounter With Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon, Io

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:54:03 +0000

The spinning, solar-powered spacecraft will take another look at the fiery Jovian moon on July 30. When NASA’s Juno mission flies by Jupiter’s fiery moon Io on Sunday, July 30, the spacecraft will be making its closest approach to date, coming within a mere 13,700 miles (22,000 kilometers) of the moon’s surface. Data collected by [...]

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Encounters Giant Swirling Waves at the Edge of Jupiter’s Magnetosphere

Southwest Research Institute — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 21:38:29 +0000

Waves produced by Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities transfer energy in the solar system. A team led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has found that NASA’s Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter frequently encounters giant swirling waves at the boundary between the solar wind and Jupiter’s magnetosphere. The waves are an [...]

Stunning Image of Jupiter’s Atmosphere Captured by NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Reveals High-Altitude Hazes

NASA — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 04:58:45 +0000

On March 1, 2023, NASA’s Juno mission completed its 49th close flyby of Jupiter. As the spacecraft flew low over the giant planet’s cloud tops, its JunoCam instrument captured this look at bands of high-altitude haze forming above cyclones in an area known at Jet N7. Citizen scientist Björn Jónsson processed a raw image from [...]

In a Flash: NASA’s Juno Mission Captures Lightning on Jupiter

NASA — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:13:27 +0000

NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a lightning bolt at Jupiter’s north pole, likely originating from ammonia-water solution clouds, unlike Earth’s water cloud-based lightning. In this view of a vortex near Jupiter’s north pole, NASA’s Juno mission observed the glow from a bolt of lightning. On Earth, lightning bolts originate from water clouds, and happen most frequently [...]

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Makes Closest-Ever Flyby of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Mon, 29 May 2023 11:40:45 +0000

The gas giant orbiter has flown over 510 million miles and also documented close encounters with three of Jupiter’s four largest moons. NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io on May 16, and then the gas giant itself soon after. The flyby of the Jovian moon was the closest to date, at an [...]

Crazy Mystery of Jupiter’s Stunning Color Changes Finally Solved?

University of Leeds — Sat, 27 May 2023 03:42:39 +0000

Researchers have used NASA’s Juno mission data to suggest that Jupiter’s changing stripes could be caused by torsional oscillations in the planet’s magnetic field. These wave-like motions may bridge the understanding gap between Jupiter’s surface phenomena and its deep interior, but further research is needed. Scientists at the University of Leeds believe they could have [...]

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Exploring Jupiter’s Inner Moons During Extended Mission

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:42:23 +0000

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. Today (December 15), as part of its continuing exploration of Jupiter’s inner moons, NASA’s Juno mission is scheduled to obtain images of the Jovian moon Io, the most volcanically active [...]

Stunning NASA Image Shows Ganymede Casting a Massive Shadow Across Jupiter

NASA — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 23:49:28 +0000

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 this image from very close to Jupiter, making Ganymede’s shadow appear especially large. The Juno spacecraft was about 44,000 miles (71,000 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops and 15 times closer [...]

Enhance! Citizen Scientists’ Awe-Inspiring New Europa Images From NASA’s Juno

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:44:41 +0000

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 perspectives of the recent close flyby of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. By processing raw images from JunoCam, the spacecraft’s public-engagement camera, members of the general public [...]

NASA’s Juno Gets Highest-Resolution View of Puzzling Region of Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 19:52:00 +0000

Observations from the Juno spacecraft’s pass of the moon provided the first close-up in over two decades of this ocean world, resulting in remarkable imagery and unique science. The highest-resolution photo NASA’s Juno mission has ever taken of a specific portion of Jupiter’s moon Europa reveals a detailed view of a puzzling region of the [...]

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Captures Closest View of Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa in 22 Years

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 21:31:21 +0000

Observations from the Juno spacecraft’s close pass of the icy moon provided the first close-up in over two decades of this ocean world, resulting in remarkable imagery and unique science. Earth has now received the first picture NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured as it performed a close flyby of Jupiter’s ice-encrusted moon Europa. The image was [...]

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Will Perform Close Flyby of Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:31:35 +0000

As the Juno spacecraft makes a close approach of the moon Europa, it is expected to provide valuable science – and remarkable imagery – for NASA’s upcoming Europa Clipper mission. In less than three days, on Thursday, September 29, at 2:36 a.m. PDT (5:36 a.m. EDT), NASA’s Juno spacecraft will come within 222 miles (358 [...]