Io’s long-debated magma ocean may not exist. Juno spacecraft data reveals that tidal forces deform the moon differently than expected if a magma ocean were present. Instead, Io’s mantle appears mostly ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since ... This video shows the first inside peak of Jupiter's rings — Juno snapped it when it was between the planet and the ring system.

NASA's Juno spacecraft was dispatched on a mission in ... You can see multiple islands inside the molten lake, which has a smooth, glass-like surface where the lava has started to cool.

emerging from deep inside Jupiter, JIRAM probes the gas giant’s weather layer, peering 30 to 45 miles (50 to 70 kilometers) below its cloud tops. But since NASA extended Juno’s mission ...

Jupiter's Folded Filamentary Region as photographed by NASA's Juno spacecraft during its Perijove ... [+] 36—and processed by Kevin M. Gill. NASA’s Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter has sent ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Our Solar System is full of planets and moons that are quite interesting, varying from ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA’s Juno probe successfully began orbiting Jupiter on July 4. The spacecraft has 37 orbits to go before it burns up on purpose — to protect potential aliens.