Jupiter, king of the gods in Roman mythology, shrouded himself in clouds to hide his true nature. But his wife, the goddess Juno, was able to peer past this veil and reveal his mischievous behavior. It is fitting, then, that the NASA spacecraft now circling Jupiter the planet is named […]
Jupiters
Latest Juno Data Study Reveals an Unexpected Feature of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot may extend even deeper into the planet’s atmosphere than scientists thought. NASA’s Juno spacecraft zipped past the Great Red Spot – an anticyclone large enough to swallow Earth – twice in 2019. Measurements from those flights are now revealing the storm’s structure in far more detail […]
A Mystery of Jupiter’s Constant Aurora Has Finally Been Solved After 40 Years
Earth is not the only planet adorned with the glowing atmospheric phenomenon that is aurora. In fact, in a Solar Program aurora level of competition, the clear winner would be Jupiter. The so-called King of Planets is crowned with the most highly effective auroras in the Solar Process, forever circling […]
Eerily Beautiful Photo From a Desert Shows a Rare Glimpse of Jupiter’s Halo
A amazing picture not too long ago launched by the ESO exhibits Jupiter as you’ve likely in no way witnessed it in advance of – ringed by a halo of light as it shines down on the Atacama desert in Chile. That halo is an optical phenomenon, recognised as a […]