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Jupiter is intensely studied because it’s the closest of our solar system’s gas giants, and it also happens to be the largest. Then there’s that entourage of moons, which are fascinating in their own right. Despite all the attention Jupiter has gotten over the years, it’s still finding ways to …

NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully completed its fifth flyby of the gas giant Jupiter on March 27, 2017. Part of Jupiter’s ‘string of pearls.’ Juno captured this image with its JunoCam instrument on March 27, 2017. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS. At the time of closest approach, …

During asteroid search operations, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft snapped several images of Jupiter and its Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede. This composite image showing Jupiter (center) and three of its moons — Callisto (left), Io, and Ganymede — was taken by OSIRIS-REx’s PolyCam instrument. Image credit: NASA / Goddard …

NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully completed a close flyby of Jupiter on February 2, 2017. Cyclones swirl around the south pole, and white oval storms can be seen near the limb — the apparent edge of the planet — in this image of Jupiter’s south polar region taken by the JunoCam …

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has spotted a huge anticyclonic storm in Jupiter’s high north temperate latitudes. Juno snapped this shot of Jupiter’s northern latitudes on Dec. 11, 2016, as the orbiter performed a close flyby of the gas giant. The spacecraft was at an altitude of 10,300 miles (16,600 km) above …

As NASA’s Juno probe makes its closest flyby of the gas giant, new research from France’s space agency could help make more sense of the data it sends back. Their paper is the latest in a global effort to refine our planetary models to ensure Juno’s measurements of the planet’s …

On Dec. 11, 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully completed its third flyby over Jupiter’s mysterious cloud tops. Jupiter’s ‘pearl.’ Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS. At the time of closest approach, Juno was about 2,580 miles (4,150 km) above the gas giant’s roiling cloud tops and traveling …