Using high-precision radio-occultation measurements from NASA’s Juno mission and incorporating the effects of zonal winds, ...
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Bizarre chaos erupts on Jupiter as scientists say it’s no longer acting like a normal planet
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 ...
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Jupiter’s true shape is sharper now and it changes what models can explain
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 ...
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Giant falls short: Juno finds Jupiter thinner at equator than previously thought
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.
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