NASA’s Juno mission

Juno peers beneath Jupiter’s cloud tops, revealing wonders

11 April 2018 William Harwood

Using infrared data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, scientists have assembled a 3D map of Jupiter’s north polar region, showing details of a huge central cyclone and eight surrounding storms. Juno also is shedding light on Jupiter’s powerful magnetic field.

A big storm, by definition, on mighty Jupiter

24 March 2018 Astronomy Now

Citizen scientists process a stunning image of a giant storm in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its 11th close flyby of the giant planet. Bright cloud tops look similar to storm clouds on Earth, although the scale is vastly larger. Juno is giving planetary scientists a unique view of Jupiter from the spacecraft’s polar orbit.

New Juno findings amaze scientists studying Jupiter

7 March 2018 Astronomy Now

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has found Jupiter’s cloud belts and zones extend down some 3,000 kilometres and contain about 1 percent of the planet’s mass. Below that, the world seems to rotate as a nearly rigid body.

JunoCam images Jupiter’s north polar region

27 January 2018 Astronomy Now

The JunoCam imager aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured a stunning view of Jupiter’s north polar region, courtesy of citizen-scientist Björn Jónsson.

Jovian Tempest

19 November 2017 Astronomy Now

This colour-enhanced image of a massive, raging storm in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its ninth close flyby of the gas giant planet.

Jovian moon shadow

27 October 2017 Astronomy Now

Jupiter’s moon Amalthea casts a shadow on the gas giant planet in this image captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The elongated shape of the shadow is a result of both the location of the moon with relation to Jupiter in this image as well as the irregular shape of the moon itself.

Juno peers beneath Jupiter’s cloud tops, revealing wonders

A big storm, by definition, on mighty Jupiter

New Juno findings amaze scientists studying Jupiter

JunoCam images Jupiter’s north polar region

Jovian Tempest

Jovian moon shadow

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot seen in its true colours

Dark Spot and Jovian ‘Galaxy’

Jovian cloudscapes

Juno’s first close ups of Jupiter’s poles