A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter

The findings were published March 20 in the journal AGU Advances and were based on data recorded by Juno in 2021 and 2022, ...

Jupiter’s lightning is 100 times stronger than Earth’s bolts

It only takes one close encounter with a lightning strike to get the full sense of its power. At around 1 gigaJoule of energy ...
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Lightning Strikes On Jupiter Are More Than 100 Times Stronger Than On Earth

The ancient Greeks will never know how right they were in naming the planet Jupiter after Zeus himself. New observations ...
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NASA's Juno mission shows Jupiter may be smaller and flatter than previously thought

The gas giant is narrower at the equator, but flatter at the poles.
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As Jupiter probe sends back video of 3I/ATLAS, SETI searches our interstellar visitor for technosignatures

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a video of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, constructed from images taken by a probe ...

JUICE is planning to do science on Jupiter's 'minor' moons too

Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) probe is on its (very long) way to Jupiter, and will finally arrive at the King of Planets ...
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Scientists use Jupiter to search for dark matter

Researchers propose using gas giant planets as dark matter detectors, leveraging their immense gravity to accumulate dark matter particles and induce detectable interactions in their upper atmospheres ...
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Jupiter is slightly smaller than scientists believed for decades: NASA’s Juno mission finally explains why

Jupiter has long been described as a swollen, fast-spinning giant, but its exact dimensions have rested on ageing measurements. For decades, scientists relied on radio signals gathered briefly by ...

Jupiter and Saturn gain more moons: Solar system count rises to 442

The latest discoveries have pushed Saturn’s moon count to 285, and Jupiter’s to 101, highlighting rapid progress in ...
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Citizen scientist shares stunning image of Jupiter’s atmosphere

We’re used to thinking of Jupiter as an orangey-brown sort of color, with its distinctive colored features like the Great Red Spot. But a recent image of Jupiter shared by NASA shows the planet in ...