Jupiter, the giant of our Solar System, remains one of the most fascinating and mysterious planets to explore. With its immense size and powerful gravity, Jupiter holds many secrets about the ...

Juno will investigate other features as well before ending its mission with an intentional death dive into Jupiter's atmosphere in February 2018 (a move designed to ensure that the probe doesn't ...

Jupiter and Earth were near their closest all year, but it still took over half an hour for a signal to go from Earth to the ...

The technique has implications for future space missions, showing the potential for remote diagnostics and repair in deep ...

Recent observations of Jupiter's powerful magnetic field by NASA's Juno spacecraft have uncovered a never-before-documented ...

— Amalthea: Jupiter's unusual inner moon — Jupiter is at its closest to Earth in 59 years, NASA says — NASA's Juno probe will peer beneath the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa ...

On Aug. 27, 2016, Juno experienced its first close approach of Jupiter, or perijove, sweeping just 2,600 miles (4,200 km) above Jupiter’s clouds, closer than any spacecraft in history.

Juno's mission is planned to last for five years, with its current end date (and impact in Jupiter) set for 2021. Development history Juno is one of NASA's three New Frontiers probes.

Juno has some serious work ahead of it. When the probe reaches Jupiter, it will conduct a 35-minute burn of its main engine, essentially hitting the brakes and slowing Juno by about 1,200 mph so ...

Now, 150 days into the mission, Juno should have made six or seven close fly-bys of Jupiter, which means flying through the point of its orbit that is closest to the giant planet.