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Jupiter is a gas giant and doesn’t have a solid outer surface like Earth. But astronomers can still assess its shape by ...
New measurements have revealed that Jupiter — the largest planet in our solar system — is actually smaller and more flattened ...
In a landmark observation by a team of international researchers, NASA's Juno spacecraft has, for the first time, clearly ...
Although the Juno mission was expected to last only a few years, the spacecraft is still going strong despite operating in ...
NASA's Juno spacecraft has spied the final "auroral footprint" of a moon of Jupiter, meaning that it has watched as the moon ...
According to New Scientist, these findings are based on recent data from NASA's Juno spacecraft, representing the most accurate assessment of this gas giant's size in over 40 years. Unlike Earth, ...
The European Space Agency's (ESA) JUICE spacecraft launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in April 2023. The ...
NASA’s Juno orbiter spacecraft reached Jupiter in 2016, five years after it launched from Earth. The craft was sent to the gas giant to explore Jupiter’s origins, evolution, clouds and several moons.
Sometime in September, Juno’s orbit will degrade naturally, and Jupiter’s gravity will pull the spacecraft in, and the atmosphere will consume it. Visit www.science.nasa.gov/mission/juno/ for the ...
"JUICE will use the gravity of Venus this week to bend its orbit around the sun and gain speed relative to Earth without ...
Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and probing mysteries of the Universe.