UQ impacted Earth above the Pacific Ocean. The space rock was about 3 feet (1 meter) wide. It was detected by the ATLAS ...

At the time of perijove, when Juno’s orbit is closest to the planet’s center, the spacecraft will be about 2,175 miles (3,500 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops and will have logged 645. ...

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Scientists with NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io are each likely powered by their own chamber of roiling hot ...

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The Juno mission, which has been orbiting and observing Jupiter and its moons since July 2016, made ...

Jupiter's satellite Io is one of its largest moons. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech NASA's Juno spacecraft has made several close swoops by Jupiter's volcanic moon Io, and it's beamed back stunning ...

The findings are a significant step forward for Juno’s ongoing mission to explore Jupiter’s moons. Advisory Alert: It has come to our attention that certain individuals are representing ...

Juno continues its study of Jupiter and its moons. The spacecraft recently completed its 66th flyby of Jupiter in November 2023. Its next close pass over the gas giant is scheduled for December 27.

The north polar region of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io was captured by NASA's Juno during spacecraft's the 57th close pass of the gas giant on Dec. 30, 2023. Data from recent flybys is helping ...

In 1979, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientist Linda Morabito discovered volcanic activity on Jupiter’s innermost ... later—NASA launched its Juno mission. The spacecraft has been ...

the distribution of volcanoes on Io mapped by NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter was considered suggestive of a global magma ocean distributing heat across the moon. But new measurements from Juno ...