Juno traveled for years, not reaching Jupiter until July 2016. The spacecraft was launched so scientists could study Jupiter’s composition and evolution, and they are excited by what they found.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been exploring Jupiter since it arrived at the planet ... Oceans, including the ones on Earth, acquire their salt from chemical interactions where liquid water touches ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been hanging around Jupiter for a while now, sending back ...

Jupiter wasn’t afraid of anything — except his wife, Juno. Juno was a jealous wife. And Jupiter, when he got bored, liked to get into mischief. To hide his mischief from Juno, Jupiter covered ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been orbiting the gas giant Jupiter since 2016, and it’s ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Last summer, the Juno spacecraft flew within about 2,600 miles of ...

Each of Juno's orbits takes 53.5 days, so the data comes from two close flybys. The team studied images of Jupiter's poles, the first look we've ever really had of the regions. They found bright ...

Scientists with the NASA Juno mission have released the findings from the spacecraft’s first two orbits around Jupiter — and the results are unlike anything they expected. Deep beneath its ...

Juno’s mission is to dip into Jupiter’s polar orbit and study the forces at work beneath the planet’s dense clouds. This will put Juno into the most intense radiation environment in our ...

NASA has begun to release photos taken by the spacecraft Juno during its 31st close flyby of Jupiter in late 2020. A photo released Thursday shows a vortex near the gas giant’s north pole with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kevin Anderton, Kansas City-based science reporter and graphic artist. Five years ago NASA launched the Juno space probe and ...