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08.20.24
Danish Instrument Helps Juno See Radiation
Juno scientists have developed the first complete 3D radiation map of the Jupiter system. Along with characterizing the intensity of the high-energy particles near the orbit of the icy moon Europa, the map shows how the radiation environment is sculpted by the smaller moons orbiting near Jupiter’s rings.
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07.19.24
NASA’s Juno Mission Captures the Colorful and Chaotic Clouds of Jupiter
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.
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05.13.24
NASA’s Juno Mission Spots Jupiter’s Tiny Moon Amalthea
NASA’s Juno mission captured these views of Jupiter during its 59th close flyby of the giant planet on March 7, 2024. They provide a good look at Jupiter’s colorful belts and swirling storms, including the Great Red Spot.
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04.19.24
NASA’s Juno Gives Aerial Views of Mountain, Lava Lake on Io
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.
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03.04.24
NASA’s Juno Mission Measures Oxygen Production at Europa
The ice-covered Jovian moon generates 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours – enough to keep a million humans breathing for a day.
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02.06.24
JUNO CAPTURES TWO ACTIVE VOLCANIC PLUMES ON JUPITER’S MOON IO
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured two volcanic plumes rising above the horizon of Jupiter's moon Io on Feb. 3, emitted either by two vents from one giant volcano, or two volcanoes near each other.
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02.04.24
JUNO GETS SECOND CLOSE LOOK AT JUPITER’S VOLCANIC MOON IO
On Saturday, Feb. 3, NASA’s Juno spacecraft made a second close flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io. Like the previous flyby on Dec. 30, 2023, this second pass was at a distance of about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers).
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02.03.24
JUNO TO GET SECOND CLOSE LOOK AT JUPITER’S VOLCANIC MOON IO ON FEB. 3
Juno will come within roughly 930 miles from the surface of the most volcanic world in our solar system.
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12.28.23
NASA’s Juno to Get Close Look at Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io on Dec. 30
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.
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11.10.23
NASA’s Juno Finds Jupiter’s Winds Penetrate in Cylindrical Layers
Gravity data collected by NASA’s Juno mission indicates Jupiter’s atmospheric winds penetrate the planet in a cylindrical manner, parallel to its spin axis. A paper on the findings was recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy.
