Jupiter's swirling atmosphere gets a gorgeous watercolor-like close-up from NASA's Juno spacecraft. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET.

Jupiter, Up Close NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's Juno spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter on Aug. 27, 2016, swinging around the planet at a speed of 130,000 mph (208,000 km/h).

After a nearly five-year journey to the outer solar system, Juno entered orbit around Jupiter on July 4, zipping close over the planet before shooting back out into space for an elongated, 53.5 ...

PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Juno spacecraft, now skimming the cloud tops of Jupiter, is poised to begin transmitting close-up views of the gas giant before a planned crash-landing into the fifth ...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot received a lot of attention this week because the Juno probe was positioned just right for a detailed fly-over. The onboard JunoCam instrument seized the opportunity to ...

Jupiter, which has a mass one-thousandth of the sun and a diameter more than 11 times larger than Earth, is made up mostly of gas. A liquid ocean of hydrogen encircles its core, and the atmosphere ...

Juno's next close approach to Jupiter is expected on July 11. And then, for the first time, the spacecraft will pass directly above Jupiter's Great Red Spot. "Stay tuned," Bolton said.

NASA's Juno spacecraft is about to get its first up-close look at the king of planets. At 8:51 a.m. EDT (1251 GMT) on Saturday (Aug. 27), Juno will zoom within 2,600 miles (4,000 kilometers) of ...

This Saturday, NASA's Juno spacecraft will get its closest look at Jupiter. After spending five years in space, Juno is now poised to make its closest pass to the solar system's largest planet ...

NASA's Juno orbiter has made its first and nearest orbital flyby of Jupiter, snapping the closest close-up ever of giant planet's north pole. The unmanned probe made its 130,000 mph (208,000 km/h ...

Juno’s next close approach — with accompanying snapshots — won’t happen until late August. After two 53-day loops around Jupiter, Juno will settle into its normal routine in November.

On Aug. 5, NASA launched the Juno mission to Jupiter. The spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter in July 2016. It will orbit close to Jupiter’s north and south poles, coming closer to Jupiter than ...