The first ever 3D radiation map of Jupiter and its moons has been created using low-light cameras aboard the Juno Spacecraft that have been tweaked to operate as radiation detectors. The map ...
This week, NASA released the first image from the Europa Clipper spacecraft's voyage. The image is a mosaic of a star field, created from three shots the solar-powered orbiter captured in December of ...
Three weeks from now, NASA's Europa Clipper probe will lift off and embark on a long-awaited mission to study Jupiter's icy moon Europa ... of surviving the intense radiation around Europa ...
The moon will pass closely by Jupiter this evening (Jan. 10), meeting up with the gas giant in the constellation Taurus. The moon will pass closely by Jupiter this evening (Jan. 10), meeting up ...
Icy moon Ganymede—which JUICE will orbit—appears as a gray, mottled orb crossing the face of Jupiter ... “In the radiation environment we know that the solar panels will not work ...
The mission ends in 2034 with a planned crash into Ganymede — Jupiter’s biggest moon and the solar system’s too. There’s more radiation around Jupiter than anywhere else in our solar ...
On Dec. 28, 2024, during its 68th close flyby of Jupiter, the school bus-sized probe captured stunning images of Jupiter’s dynamic atmosphere and the fiery surface of its moon, Io. The data ...
[UPDATE: Tuesday, July 5, 11.00am] Juno, the US$1.1 billion Nasa spacecraft now approaching its orbit of Jupiter will have to dodge debris and extreme radiation on its high-stakes mission to ...