The Great Red Spot (GRS) is a persistent anticyclonic storm in the atmosphere of Jupiter. It is the largest atmospheric vortex in the solar system, spanning 16,000 kilometers longitudinally. While […]
The Juno spacecraft, orbiting Jupiter since July 5, 2016, has provided a wealth of data that are warping and overturning our understanding of its structure. Among the most mind-bending discoveries are the clusters […]
The objective of the Juno Participating Scientist Program will be to enhance the scientific return during the science phase of the Juno mission by expanding participation in the mission through […]
The Planetary Data System announces the first release of data from the JUNO mission. The release includes EDR and RDR level data acquired between 2016-07-06 and 2016-10-20, which covers Juno […]
LUNAR AND PLANETARY INFORMATION BULLETIN ISSUE #145 June 2016 Now available on the LPI’s website at www.lpi.usra.edu/lpib Download eBook version http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/e-book/ Features in this issue include: NASA’s Juno Mission: […]
Applications are now being accepted for a Postdoctoral Research Associate, funded through the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) and the Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and […]
NASA is once again open for business in a big way. While we were out, several of our on-going missions achieved significant milestones, and although it will take a little […]
On Oct. 9, Juno flew by Earth using the home planet’s gravity to get a boost needed to reach Jupiter. The JunoCam caught this image of Earth, and other instruments […]
NASA’s Juno spacecraft is halfway to Jupiter. The Jovian-system-bound spacecraft reached the milestone today (8/12/13) at 5:25 a.m. PDT (8:25 a.m. EDT/12:25 UTC). “Juno’s odometer just clicked over to 9.464 […]
AGU FALL MEETING San Francisco, CA, December 9–13, 2013 http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/ Abstract Deadline – Tuesday, 6 August 2013 – SESSION P025: SATURN’S NORTHERN SPRING –FROM STORMS TO POLAR VORTICES Conveners: Brigette […]
The May 2013 issue of the Discovery and New Frontiers News is on the Discovery Program website. In this issue: What caused the uneven gravity on the Moon, a mystery since […]