NASA’s Juno Gives Aerial Views of Mountain, Lava Lake on Io
Apr 18, 2024 · 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.
Jupiter's storms and its 'potato' moon Amalthea stun in new NASA Juno …
2 days ago · Juno also snapped pictures of Jupiter's potato-shaped inner moon, named Amalthea. With a radius of only 52 miles (84 kilometers), Amalthea is significantly smaller than Earth 's moon. Citizen scientist Gerald Eichstädt adjusted the white balance of the photo of Amalthea to brighten the moon and isolate it from the dark background of space.
NASA’s Juno to Get Close Look at Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io on …
Dec 27, 2023 · NASA’s Juno spacecraft will on Saturday, Dec. 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 surface of the most volcanic world in our solar system, the pass is expected to allow Juno instruments to generate a firehose of data.
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Latest Juno News. why. Why Study Jupiter? how. Learn How Juno Works. Since it arrived at Jupiter in 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been probing beneath the dense, forbidding clouds encircling the giant planet – the first orbiter to peer so closely.
NASA Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter's volcanic moon Io like never ...
Jan 2, 2024 · On Dec. 30, 2023, NASA's Juno spacecraft came closer to the volcanic moon Io than any other mission has in 20 years. In the process, Juno was able to grab some incredible images.
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Mar 5, 2024 · NASA's Juno mission made its 51st flyby of the gas giant planet Jupiter and its moons, catching stunning images of Io, the most volcanic world in the solar system. Juno Launch of Europe's...
A Whole New Jupiter: First Science Results from NASA’s Juno …
May 25, 2017 · Early science results from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, with Earth-sized polar cyclones, plunging storm systems that travel deep into the heart of the gas giant, and a mammoth, lumpy magnetic field that may indicate it was generated closer to the planet’s s...
NASA’s Juno Shares First Image From Flyby of Jupiter’s Moon …
Sep 29, 2022 · The complex, ice-covered surface of Jupiter's moon Europa was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft during a flyby on Sept. 29, 2022. At closest approach, the spacecraft came within a distance of about 219 miles (352 kilometers).
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Jul 19, 2024 · 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.
NASA's Juno spacecraft will get its closest look yet at Jupiter's …
Dec 29, 2023 · NASA's Juno mission will come closer to Jupiter's moon Io than any spacecraft has in around 20 years on Saturday (Dec. 30). The flyby will bring Juno to around 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of...