In Depth | Jupiter – NASA Solar System Exploration
Structure The composition of Jupiter is similar to that of the Sun – mostly hydrogen and helium. Deep in the atmosphere, pressure and temperature increase, compressing the hydrogen gas into a liquid.
In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration
Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.
In Depth | Saturn – NASA Solar System Exploration
Structure Like Jupiter, Saturn is made mostly of hydrogen and helium. At Saturn's center is a dense core of metals like iron and nickel surrounded by rocky material and other compounds solidified by intense pressure and heat.
In Depth | Europa – NASA Solar System Exploration
Europa orbits Jupiter every 3.5 days and is locked by gravity to Jupiter, so the same hemisphere of the moon always faces the planet. Jupiter takes about 4,333 Earth days (or about 12 Earth years) to orbit the Sun (a Jovian year).
NASA Juno Findings - Jupiter's Jet-Streams Are Unearthly
Mar 7, 2018 · Data collected by NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter indicate that the atmospheric winds of the gas-giant planet run deep into its atmosphere and last longer than similar atmospheric processes found here on Earth. The findings will improve understanding of Jupiter’s interior structure, core mass and, eventually, its origin.
NASA's Juno Mission Halfway to Jupiter Science
Dec 12, 2018 · "Our time-lapse sequences of images over the poles allow us to study the dynamics of Jupiter's unique circumpolar cyclones and to image high-altitude hazes. We are also using JunoCam to study the structure of the Great Red …
NASA'S New Spacecraft Tool Reveals Massive Jupiter Gas Cloud
Feb 26, 2003 · "By acting as both a source and a sink of charged radiation particles, the dense gas torus gives Europa much greater influence than was previously thought on the structure of, and energy flow within, Jupiter's huge space environment, its magnetosphere," Mauk said.
Galileo Finds Jupiter's Rings Formed by Dust Blasted Off Small …
Sep 15, 1998 · In the late 1970s, NASA's two Voyager spacecraft first revealed the structure of Jupiter's rings: a flattened main ring and an inner, cloud-like ring, called the halo, both composed of small, dark particles. One Voyager image seemed to indicate a third, faint outer ring.
NASA's Juno Finds Changes in Jupiter's Magnetic Field
May 20, 2019 · The discovery will help scientists further understand Jupiter's interior structure — including atmospheric dynamics — as well as changes in Earth's magnetic field. A paper on the discovery was published today in the journal Nature Astronomy.
Hubble Space Telescope Images of Jupiter - NASA Solar System …
Hubble will provide a global view of Jupiter while Galileo will obtain close-up images of structure of the clouds that make up the large storm systems such as the Great Red Spot and white ovals that are seen in this picture.