For nine years, a spacecraft known as the Juno orbiter has divided its time between observing the gas giant of Jupiter and studying its moons, including Io. And on its third flyby of the celestial ...

Here’s how it works. NASA's Juno mission will come closer to Jupiter's moon Io than any spacecraft has in around 20 years on Saturday (Dec. 30). The flyby will bring Juno to around 930 miles ...

In December 2023 and February 2024, Juno passed within 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of Io’s surface, collecting high-precision data. By measuring subtle changes in the spacecraft’s velocity ...

NASA’s Juno mission captured Jupiter’s moon Io on December 30 during its closest flyby. Image: NASA/Image processed by Kevin M. Gill The mutilated surface of Jupiter’s moon Io was revealed ...

That means there's a good chance something on Io has changed since NASA's Galileo orbiter last encountered it in 2002. NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft is delivering the fresh data on Io with a ...

A group of swirling storms at Jupiter's north pole are bouncing off each other, like bumper cars at the fairground.

New data from the agency's Jovian orbiter sheds light on the fierce winds and cyclones of the gas giant's northern reaches and volcanic action on its fiery moon. NASA's Juno mission has gathered ...

Since completing its primary science objectives in orbit of Jupiter, Juno has been conducting flybys of the Jovian moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. The spacecraft completed two very close ...

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If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has made another pass of our solar system’s gas giant ...