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02.04.24
JUNO GETS SECOND CLOSE LOOK AT JUPITER’S VOLCANIC MOON IO
On Saturday, Feb. 3, NASA’s Juno spacecraft made a second close flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io. Like the previous flyby on Dec. 30, 2023, this second pass was at a distance of about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers).
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02.03.24
JUNO TO GET SECOND CLOSE LOOK AT JUPITER’S VOLCANIC MOON IO ON FEB. 3
Juno will come within roughly 930 miles from the surface of the most volcanic world in our solar system.
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12.28.23
NASA’s Juno to Get Close Look at Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io on Dec. 30
NASA’s Juno spacecraft will on Saturday, Dec. 30, make the closest flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io that any spacecraft has made in over 20 years.
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11.10.23
NASA’s Juno Finds Jupiter’s Winds Penetrate in Cylindrical Layers
Gravity data collected by NASA’s Juno mission indicates Jupiter’s atmospheric winds penetrate the planet in a cylindrical manner, parallel to its spin axis. A paper on the findings was recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy.
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10.30.23
Salts and Organics Observed on Ganymede’s Surface by NASA’s Juno
Data collected by NASA’s Juno mission indicates a briny past may be bubbling to the surface on Jupiter’s largest moon.
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10.25.23
Just in Time for Halloween, NASA’s Juno Mission Spots Eerie “Face” on Jupiter
On Sept. 7, 2023, during its 54th close flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno mission captured this view of an area in the giant planet’s far northern regions called Jet N7.
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09.12.23
A Portrait of Planet and Moon: NASA’s Juno Mission Captures Jupiter and Io Together
Just hours before NASA’s Juno mission completed its 53rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 31, 2023, the spacecraft sped past the planet’s volcanic moon Io and captured this dramatic view of both bodies in the same frame.
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07.26.23
NASA’s Juno Is Getting Ever Closer to Jupiter’s Moon Io
When NASA’s Juno mission flies by Jupiter’s fiery moon Io on Sunday, July 30, the spacecraft will be making its closest approach yet, coming within 13,700 miles (22,000 kilometers) of it.
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06.23.23
NASA’s Juno Mission Observes High-Altitude Hazes in Jupiter’s atmosphere
On March 1, 2023, NASA’s Juno mission completed its 49th close flyby of Jupiter. As the spacecraft flew low over the giant planet’s cloud tops, its JunoCam instrument captured this look at bands of high-altitude haze forming above cyclones in an area known at Jet N7.
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06.15.23
NASA’s Juno Mission Captures Lightning On Jupiter
In this view of a vortex near Jupiter’s north pole, NASA’s Juno mission observed the glow from a bolt of lightning.