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Plot showing measured magnetic field on Juno as a function of frequency and time on 29 May 2019
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Radio on Jupiter, Brought to You by Ganymede

by A. Yau 25 January 202127 January 2022

Another first from NASA’s Juno spacecraft: the detection of Jupiter radio emissions influenced by the moon Ganymede, over a range of about 250 kilometers in the polar region of Jupiter.

Pair of images of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede taken by a passing spacecraft
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Juno Maps Water Ice Across Northern Ganymede

by Morgan Rehnberg 14 January 2021

Infrared observations from instruments on the Juno spacecraft cover regions of Ganymede not visible to Earth-based telescopes.

Jupiter as seen by the Juno spacecraft on 17 February 2020
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Juno Era Model of the Jovian Magnetosphere

by Morgan Rehnberg 9 November 202020 July 2022

Updating a model developed during the Voyager flybys will enable better mission planning and a deeper understanding of Juno data.

A 2D drawing of Jupiter’s magnetosphere in the noon-midnight meridional plane
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A Whistle Here, There, and Everywhere on the Giant Planet

by A. Yau 27 August 202010 March 2022

NASA’s Juno spacecraft is “hearing whistles” all over the place on Jupiter, a type of natural plasma waves called whistlers that are sometimes associated with atmospheric lightning.

An image depicting Jupiter and its four largest moons
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Jupiter’s Ocean Moons Raise Tidal Waves on One Another

by Rachel Fritts 20 August 202027 January 2022

New research considers the effect of Jupiter’s Galilean moons on each other’s oceans for the first time.

A nautilus-shaped cyclone with white ammonia clouds swirling anticlockwise observed in Jupiter’s northern midlatitudes
Posted inResearch Spotlights

“Mushballs” May Drive Ammonia Transport on Jupiter

by Morgan Rehnberg 5 August 202027 January 2022

Hail might account for observed depletions of ammonia in the planet’s atmosphere.

Graphic showing what the JEDI instrument can see of Io and Europa from its trajectory
Posted inEditors' Highlights

New Energetic Neutral Atom Emissions from Jupiter, Io, and Europa

by Viviane Pierrard 15 June 202027 January 2022

The first Jovian off-equator Energetic Neutral Atom viewings reveal distinct emissions from Jupiter and the orbits of Io and Europa: Energetic particle injections surprisingly occur inside Io’s orbit.

Illustration of Jupiter’s magnetosphere and innermost planets
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Two Moons and a Magnetosphere

by Sarah Stanley 21 April 202018 October 2022

Decades of research have illuminated how Io and Europa shape—and are shaped by—Jupiter’s giant magnetosphere.

A difference image revealing the main features of Jupiter’s aurora
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Using a Machine to Help Us Learn About Jupiter’s Aurora

by M. Liemohn 9 December 201927 January 2022

A first usage of principal component analysis on Hubble images of Jupiter’s auroral ovals reveals the most common patterns, and machine learning classification reveals their physical causes.

Jupiter’s aurora captured by the Hubble Space Telescope
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Computers Tease Out Secrets of Jupiter’s Aurorae

by Nola Taylor Tillman 21 November 2019

Aurorae once classified by human eyes are now being sorted by machines. The change may help astronomers understand how the mysterious features are powered.

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