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These NASA images of Jupiter are so wild, they don’t look real

For much of human history, Jupiter was a distant, blurry dot. This video explores the incredible advancements in astronomy, showcasing detailed imagery of Jupiter and its moons, captured by ...
USA Today

Is Jupiter smaller than we thought? NASA spacecraft makes new find

The measurements from NASA's Juno orbiter mark the first time that the size and shape of Jupiter has been evaluated in more than fifty years. NASA's Pioneer and Voyager missions made observations of ...
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Jupiter as you've never seen it before from NASA's Juno spacecraft

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, continues to captivate astronomers with its powerful storms, diverse moons, ...
Mashable

It almost got away, but NASA's Juno caught something near Jupiter

As NASA's Juno flew around Jupiter last week, the spacecraft snapped a photo of an object before it could make a clean getaway. That clunky, bumpy thing at the far right edge of the frame is Thebe, ...
Reuters

NASA's Juno finds Jupiter is a tiny bit smaller than previously thought

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Jupiter, without a doubt, is the biggest planet in our solar system. But it turns out that it is not quite as large - by ever so small an amount - as scientists had ...
AOL

NASA's Webb telescope captured vibrant dancing aurora on Jupiter

Images captured in 2023 by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope of the massive aurora lights on Jupiter reveal unexpected activity in the gas giant's atmosphere. (Video: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI) ...
HotHardware

Turns Out Jupiter Isn't The Size And Shape We Thought, NASA Says

We are now finding out that Jupiter is not be as big as once thought. New evidence from the Juno orbiter suggests that textbooks need to be revised as the giant is actually a little more squashed (by ...
Gizmodo

NASA Detects Most Powerful Eruption Ever on Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io

The volcanic hot spot is larger than Lake Superior, spewing eruptions six times the total energy of all of the world's power plants. Reading time 3 minutes Jupiter’s moon Io is covered in hundreds of ...
Ars Technica

A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter

Jupiter’s colossal storms generate lightning flashes at least 100 times more powerful than those on Earth, according to scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The findings were ...