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    NASAs Juno Mission Captures Lightning On Jupiter. In 2021 NASA gave its Juno spacecraft more time to explore the Jovian system, scheduling 42 additional orbits and extending the mission to 2025. The extension permitted encounters with three of Jupiter's intriguing Galilean moons – Ganymede, Europa, and Io.

  2. Oct 19, 2023 · NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new, never-before-seen feature in Jupiters atmosphere. The high-speed jet stream, which spans more than 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometers) wide, sits over Jupiters equator above the main cloud decks.

  3. May 25, 2017 · Early science results from NASAs 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 ...

  4. Apr 22, 2024 · Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system. It's similar to a star, but it never got massive enough to start burning. It is covered in swirling cloud stripes. It has big storms like the Great Red Spot, which has been going for hundreds of years.

  5. Aug 5, 2016 · Aug 05, 2016. Article. Launched five years ago on Aug. 5, 2011, NASAs Juno mission maneuvered into orbit around Jupiter on July 4, 2016, joining a long tradition of discovery at the gas giant. One of the brightest objects in the night sky, Jupiter has enthralled humans since ancient times.

  6. Jul 5, 2016 · After an almost five-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, NASAs Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiters orbit during a 35-minute engine burn. Confirmation that the burn had completed was received on Earth at 8:53 p.m. PDT (11:53 p.m. EDT) Monday, July 4.

  7. Oct 28, 2021 · New findings from NASAs Juno probe orbiting Jupiter provide a fuller picture of how the planet’s distinctive and colorful atmospheric features offer clues about the unseen processes below its clouds. The results highlight the inner workings of the belts and zones of clouds encircling Jupiter, as well as its polar cyclones and even the ...

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