The U.S. government shut down the same day Juno's last mission extension expired, putting the status of the mission in limbo.

Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system, is not as big as we thought. For more than half-a-century, astronomers thought they had a good idea of the gas giant's shape and size. Now, a fresh ...

NASA Juno spacecraft data has been used to create an animation of "Steeple Mountain" and a lava lake known as Loki Patera on ...

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You have likely heard Europa described as one of the most promising places to search for life beyond Earth. The icy moon of Jupiter holds a global ocean beneath its frozen surface, along with the ...

Juno carries a suite of nine instruments to explore Jupiter from its interior to its atmosphere. It will map Jupiter's gravity and magnetic fields and track how much water is in the atmosphere. Its ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured the highest resolution photo yet of Jupiter’s moon Europa, giving scientists an up-close view of "a puzzling region of the moon’s heavily fractured icy crust." ...

The Juno spacecraft now orbiting Jupiter has a suite of science instruments which will investigate the existence of a possible solid planetary core, map Jupiter’s intense magnetic field, measure the ...

On July 4th 2016, the Juno spacecraft finally entered orbit around the planet Jupiter. On July 4th 2016, the Juno spacecraft entered orbit around the planet Jupiter after leaving earth five years ago.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system, is not as big as we thought. For more than half-a-century, astronomers thought ...