A NASA spacecraft is about to start unlocking the many secrets of giant, mysterious Jupiter. The Juno probe is scheduled to enter orbit around Jupiter on Monday (July 4), after a nearly five-year ...

“We don’t know what the inside of Jupiter is like at all.” Juno gets its name from Jupiter’s wife, a goddess who peered through a veil of clouds and saw the deity’s true nature. Launched ...

Jupiter has long been a source of fascination for astronomers, and now, the giant planet is raising more questions than ever.

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has returned new images of Jupiter after its 66th close flyby as it enters the final year of its mission. The $1 billion spacecraft completed its latest close flyby on Oct ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter has returned another spectacular set of images of the giant planet after its 65th close monthly flyby saw it enter the final year of its life. In an ...

Nasa's Juno mission has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by creating the first complete 3D radiation map of the Jupiter system. This innovative map provides a detailed view of the high-energy ...

NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft is delivering the fresh data on Io with a series of flybys, each getting closer to Jupiter's volcanic moon until a pair of close-up encounters at a range of less ...

It was said that Jupiter conjured fog to hide his illicit liaisons from his wife. But Juno always saw through her faithless husband’s philandering to reveal his every misdeed. Like its mythical ...

New data from the orbiter has unveiled some of the treacherous conditions of not only Jupiter, but its moon Io, the most volcanic body in the solar system. The findings, which come after Juno has ...

The Juno spacecraft ended 2023 with a close flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io, which could be 100 times more volcanic than Earth. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 2, 2024 11:00 AM EST Get the Popular ...

In fact, this color-enhanced image of Jupiter’s cloud belts, taken by the Juno spacecraft, makes the planet look positively inviting. The image was taken by Juno on December 16th, during the ...