Using high-precision radio-occultation measurements from NASA’s Juno mission and incorporating the effects of zonal winds, ...
Jupiter, long treated as the solar system’s fixed point of planetary normalcy, has just been knocked off that pedestal. New measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft show the gas giant is slightly ...
When a spacecraft slips behind Jupiter, something counterintuitive occurs: when we lose the signal the measurement is then ...
“This research helps us understand how planets form and evolve… by studying what’s happening inside Jupiter, we get closer to ...
New measurements from the Juno probe show that the largest planet in the solar system is slightly smaller and flatter than ...
Jupiter is officially “smaller” than it was yesterday. To be clear: the planet itself didn’t physically contract overnight.
For over 50 years, we thought we knew the size and shape of Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. Now, Weizmann ...
Jupiter imaged by the Juno spacecraft, with the shadow of the massive moon Ganymede to the left. Data from Juno suggests that ...
For decades, scientists believed they had a solid handle on Jupiter’s size and shape.
Jupiter’s swirling storms have concealed its true makeup for centuries, but a new model is finally peeling back the clouds.
International scientists led by the Weizmann Institute of Science have conducted an analysis based on measurements from ...
Between 7 satellite fly-bys and 2 dedicated missions, you'd think our knowledge about Jupiter would be pretty solid, but we're still learning more.