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09.01.21
One High School Student’s Study of Jupiter—and Beyond
High school senior Sarah Dudjak discusses her experience participating in the Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope project
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08.05.21
NASA’s Juno Celebrates 10 Years With New Infrared View of Moon Ganymede
The science team for NASA’s Juno spacecraft has produced a new infrared map of the mammoth Jovian moon Ganymede, combining data from three flybys, including its latest approach on July 20. These observations by the spacecraft’s Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument, which “sees” in infrared light not visible to the human eye, provide new information on Ganymede’s icy shell and the composition of the ocean of liquid water beneath.
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07.15.21
NASA’s Juno Tunes into Jovian Radio Triggered by Jupiter’s Moon Io
The Juno Waves instrument “listened” to the radio emissions from Jupiter’s immense magnetic field to find their precise locations.
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07.14.21
Ride With Juno As It Flies Past the Solar System’s Biggest Moon and Jupiter
The probe flew closer to Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, than any other spacecraft in more than two decades, offering dramatic glimpses of both the icy orb and the gas giant.
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07.13.21
40-Year Mystery Solved: Source of Jupiter’s X-Ray Flares Uncovered
A puzzler about the gas giant’s intense northern and southern lights has been deciphered.
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07.01.21
Celebrating 5 Years At Jupiter
New eye-catching posters celebrate the five year anniversary of Juno’s orbit insertion at Jupiter in psychedelic style.
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06.08.21
See the First Images NASA’s Juno Took As It Sailed by Ganymede
The spacecraft flew closer to Jupiter’s largest moon than any other in more than two decades, offering dramatic glimpses of the icy orb.
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06.03.21
NASA’s Juno to Get a Close Look at Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede
The first of the gas-giant orbiter’s back-to-back flybys will provide a close encounter with the massive moon after over 20 years.
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05.18.21
Juno Returns to “Clyde's Spot” on Jupiter
During its 33rd low pass over the cloud tops of Jupiter on April 15, 2021, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured the intriguing evolution of a feature in the giant planet’s atmosphere known as “Clyde’s Spot.”
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05.03.21
JunoCam: The Little Outreach Camera Addressing Big Science
JunoCam’s close-up pictures of Jupiter’s storms are enabling scientists and amateurs, working together, to understand weather on Jupiter.
