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JunoCam Rendering Featured by Astronomy Picture of the Day on X.

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JunoCam image featured in @NASASolarSystem's Postcards From the Planets series on X.

NASA’s Juno mission has gathered new findings after peering below Jupiter’s cloud-covered atmosphere and the surface of its fiery moon, Io.

The spacecraft was making its 71st close approach to Jupiter when it unexpectedly entered into a precautionary status. Data received from NASA’s Juno mission indicates the solar-powered spacecraft went into safe mode twice on April 4 while the spacecraft was flying by Jupiter. 

Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission have discovered a volcanic hot spot in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter’s moon Io. The hot spot is not only larger than Earth’s Lake Superior, but it also belches out eruptions six times the total energy of all the world’s power plants.

During its 65th close flyby of Jupiter on Sept. 20, 2024, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this series of images as it approached the giant planet and swung low over its north polar region.

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A new study points to why, and how, Io became the most volcanic body in the solar system.