The Juno spacecraft made its 49th close flyby of Jupiter earlier this year, and NASA has shared stunning images taken as it whizzed by the planet's cloud tops. Skip to main content.

Juno arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016, after a 5-year, 1.7-billion-mile journey, and settled into a 53-day polar orbit stretching from just above Jupiter's cloud tops to the outer reaches of the ...

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the ...

See Jupiter's “frosted cupcake” clouds in this 3D rendering created using data from NASA's Juno mission. It's the first time images captured by the visible-light camera aboard the spacecraft ...

In an elliptical orbit of Jupiter since July 2016, the school bus-sized spacecraft 65th perijove occurred on Sept. 20, when it dipped close to Jupiter's cloud tops.

At a wavelength of 2.12 microns, which observes between altitudes of about 12-21 miles above Jupiter’s cloud tops, researchers spotted several wind shears, or areas where wind speeds change with ...

The HST, at visible wavelengths, provided measurements of reflected light off the cloud tops, while the VLA, a radio telescope, probed tens of kilometers below the clouds to provide global context.

These emissions come from ionized hydrogen atoms that extend up to 625 miles (1,000 km) above the cloud tops. The greenish areas around the poles come from hazes in the planet’s atmosphere ...

Jupiter also has storms, like the Great Red Spot, that last for centuries. ... "The turbulent cloud tops would lead you to believe that the atmosphere is well mixed," said Moeckel, ...

Per NASA, the image was taken from approximately 4,800 miles above Jupiter's cloud tops. And though the whole half-covered-in-darkness thing certainly adds to the creepiness of the face, ...

An illustration depicting how violent storms on Jupiter — and likely other gas giants — generate mushballs and shallow lightning. The mushballs are created by thunderstorm clouds that form about 40 ...