Key Takeaways
- The Juno mission has revealed volcanic activity on Jupiter’s moon Io, providing new insights into the moon’s internal structure and volcanic behavior.
- The Juno spacecraft has mapped Io’s subsurface temperature profile, giving us a better understanding of the moon’s internal structure.
- The Juno mission has developed a new model to better understand Jupiter’s fast-moving jet streams that encircle its cyclone-covered north pole.
Los Angeles: New data from NASA’s Juno mission has shed light on the dynamic atmosphere of Jupiter and the volcanic activity on its fiery moon Io, according to the agency.
The Juno spacecraft has gathered new findings by probing beneath Jupiter’s cloud-shrouded atmosphere and studying Io’s surface.
The Juno mission has led to a new model that helps us understand Jupiter’s fast-moving jet streams. For the first time, scientists have mapped Io’s subsurface temperature profile, giving us crucial information about the moon’s internal structure and volcanic behavior.
“As Juno’s orbit takes us to new regions of Jupiter’s complex system, we’re getting a closer look at the immensity of energy this gas giant wields,” said Scott Bolton, principal investigator of the Juno mission.
Juno was launched Aug. 5, 2011, and arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016, after a five-year, 1,740-million-mile journey. The mission is designed to explore the origin and evolution of Jupiter, the solar system, and giant planets across the cosmos.
