US EditionJuno mission gets under Jupiter's and Io's surface
- NASA's Juno spacecraft captured new data on January 28, 2025, during its 69th flyby over Jupiter's northern high latitudes and its moon Io.
- This data stems from Juno's extended mission, which builds on years of research peering below Jupiter's clouds and Io's surface to study extreme atmospheric and volcanic activity.
- Scientists developed a model explaining Jupiter's polar cyclones' motion and revealed Io's first subsurface temperature profile showing still-warm magma beneath cooled lava flows covering about 10% of the moon's surface.
- Scott Bolton, the lead scientist for Juno, highlighted that Jupiter features enormous polar storms surpassing the size of Australia, intense jet streams, the most volcanically active object in the solar system, extraordinarily strong auroras, and highly energetic radiation belts.
- These findings enhance understanding of Jupiter's atmospheric dynamics and Io's volcanic activity and set the stage for Juno's May 6 flyby of Io at about 55,300 miles to gather more observations.
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New data from NASA's Juno mission shows winds beneath Jupiter and Io surfaces
NASA’s Juno mission has peered below the surface to help scientists better understand Jupiter’s storms and its moon Io’s subsurface temperature. Jupiter, as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on Dec. 28, 2024. Credit: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Jackie Branc (CC BY). Juno was launched in 2011 and has been in orbit around Jupiter since 2016. Its mission has been extended a beyond its original 5 years. It is now due to finish in September this year, or until…
Exploring Europa and Ocean Worlds with ORCAA Cryobots
What probes can be used to explore the depths of Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, and other ocean worlds throughout the solar system? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a team of researchers participated through the Ocean Worlds Reconnaissance and Characterization of Astrobiological Analogs (ORCAA) project to investigate how cryobots could be used to explore the oceans of other…
Juno Mission Sheds Light on Jupiter’s Storms and Volcanic Activity on Io
NASA’s Juno probe has uncovered colliding cyclones circling Jupiter’s north pole and flowing magma beneath the crust of its volcanic moon Io. Using thermal and microwave instruments, scientists have tracked atmospheric chaos and subsurface lava flows, offering new insights into the Jovian system’s extreme weather and volcanic activity. These discoveries reshape the understanding of planetary heat and atmospheric dynamics.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft unveils Io’s volcanic secrets, Jupiter’s polar cyclones
New Delhi: NASA’s Juno mission has peered into the lower layers of the Jovian atmosphere, and investigated the surface of the volcanic moon of Io. The research has helped scientists develop a new and improved model of the first moving jet streams that circle the north pole of the Moon. For the first time, the spacecraft has also managed to capture the subsurface temperature profile of Io, providing a window into understanding the remote interior…
Jetstreams, Cyclones, Lava: Juno looks under Jupiter's skin
New data of the Jupiter orbiter provide information about the violent winds and cyclones on Jupiter and the volcanic activity on its fiery moon. The article Jetstreams, Cyclones, Lava: So Juno looks under Jupiter's skin first appeared on ingenieur.de - Jobbörse und Nachrichtenportal für Ingenieure.
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