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NASA’s Juno Mission Captures the Colorful and Chaotic Clouds of Jupiter

July 19, 2024 NeRD

Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSImage processing by Gary Eason © CC BY 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 folded filamentary region. In these regions, the zonal jets that create the familiar banded patterns in Jupiter’s clouds break down, leading to turbulent patterns and cloud structures that rapidly evolve over the course of only a few…

NASA’s Juno to Get Close Look at Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io on Dec. 30

December 27, 2023 NeRD

This image revealing the north polar region of the Jovian moon Io was taken on October 15 by NASA’s Juno. Three of the mountain peaks visible in the upper part of image, near the day-night dividing line, were observed here for the first time by the spacecraft’s JunoCam. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, Image processing by Ted Stryk 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, Dec. 30, make the closest flyby of…

The Roots of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Run Deep

October 29, 2021 NeRD

NASA’s Juno mission has obtained measurements that finally say just how deep the Great Red Spot goes. The post The Roots of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Run Deep appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Juno’s Ganymede Flyby: A Giant Moon, a Long History

June 7, 2021 NeRD

NASA’s Juno will fly by Jupiter’s Ganymede, the biggest moon in the solar system, on June 7, 2021. This will be the eighth flyby of the space age. The post Juno’s Ganymede Flyby: A Giant Moon, a Long History appeared first on Sky & Telescope.