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Enlarge / Jupiter’s chaotic, cyclone-filled poles. (credit: J.E.P. Connerney et al., Science) It’s hard to imagine that the Solar System’s biggest planet, which provided Galileo with his first key astronomic observations, has a lot of secrets left 450 years later. Yet, despite countless hours spent peering through telescopes and numerous robotic visitors, there’s a lot […]
Published time: 20 May, 2017 19:24 Nasa’s Juno spacecraft collected more crucial data during its latest flyby of Jupiter, the probe’s fifth science orbit since beginning its monumental mission. Juno’s many onboard instruments collected various forms of data during the close flyby. These readings will be returned to Earth for analysis along with images captured […]
Published time: 20 Apr, 2017 08:37 NASA has shared an incredible close-up portrait of Jupiter taken from the Juno probe during its fifth flyby of the giant planet. The snap was captured by the JunoCam on March 27, as the spacecraft completed its latest orbit, at a distance of about 12,400 miles (20,000km) from the […]
In August 2011 NASA sent a probe the size of a basketball court into space on a mission to observe Jupiter. Now, five years later, the $ 1 billion dollar probe has something to show for it’s 415 million mile journey. Named Juno, the probe has managed to photograph Jupiter’s poles for the first time, […]
Enlarge / Juno, shown here in an artist’s concept image, arrived in the Jupiter system on July 4, 2016. (credit: NASA) When NASA sent a series of commands to the Juno spacecraft’s main engine last October, the spacecraft did not respond properly: two helium check valves that play an important role in its firing opened […]
