NASA's Juno Mission

Nine years in space. 28 orbits of Jupiter. Textbooks rewritten. And I’m just getting started. This account is combining with @NASASolarSystem – join me there for continuing updates from my mission to Jupiter, along with other expeditions to the worlds of our solar system.

@talescpadua @NASASolarSystem missionjuno.swri.edu/news/massive_b…

@NASAJuno @NASASolarSystem Is there an HD version of this image?

Some other ways to follow along: missionjuno.swri.edu nasa.gov/mission_pages/… eyes.nasa.gov/apps/orrery/#/…

@NASAJPL @beck @NASA @NASASolarSystem .@Beck's video for “See Through” on #Hyperspace2020 features AI-generated imagery of Jupiter based on NASA data. Makes sense to me – seeing through Jupiter's cloud layers is one of my main jobs: missionjuno.swri.edu

Get ready to go into #Hyperspace2020 ✨ @beck merges science with art using AI to transform @NASA mission data into a visual album. Follow @NASASolarSystem and visit solarsystem.nasa.gov to learn more about these space destinations and the missions exploring them. 📹: @beck

Nine years ago today, I began my journey to Jupiter. See these interviews with members of my team to hear more about what we have learned: missionjuno.swri.edu/media-gallery/…

The swirling atmosphere we see on Jupiter is home to violent storms. @NASASolarSystem’s Juno mission discovered new evidence pointing to shallow lightning & slushy ammonia-rich hailstones known as mushballs. #ScienceInSeconds on Jupiter's exotic weather: go.nasa.gov/2ProDpx

@_AnsumanRath @mitraphoenix Sorry: missionjuno.swri.edu/news/shallow-l…

@_AnsumanRath @mitraphoenix The look of the clouds comes from actual pictures. The look of the lightning is an illustration. Details athttps://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/shallow-lighting-and-mushballs-reveal-ammonia

Guess what is this? Planet Jupiter Pic: @NASAJuno

The third is a graphic that depicts the evolutionary process of "shallow lightning" and "mushballs" on Jupiter. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/CNRS

The second image comes from my JunoCam instrument, with small bright "pop-up" clouds that rise above the surrounding features, thought to be the tops of violent thunderstorms. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill © CC BY

Shallow lightning, clouds of ammonia and water, and a hail of “mushballs” – my instruments are revealing more about Jupiter’s stormy interior: missionjuno.swri.edu/news/shallow-l…

@dchackethal Correct. Full captions at the linked article.

@NASAJuno I’m assuming the first picture is a rendering, the second is a photograph?

@TonyG840 @NASASolarSystem Some, but my mission is focused on Jupiter itself. NASA's upcoming @EuropaClipper mission will concentrate on that moon.

@NASAJuno @NASASolarSystem Will we be able to get scans of Europa or Io before yall crash it into Jupiter?

In the next few hours I’ll be making my 28th close pass by Jupiter (as simulated here by @NASASolarSystem’s Eyes on the Solar System: eyes.nasa.gov). Learn more about my mission at missionjuno.swri.edu.

@MyGhostWorld @NASASolarSystem Ganymede: missionjuno.swri.edu/news/nasa-juno…

Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is larger than the planet Mercury, the only moon in the solar system known to have its own magnetic field. I captured infrared images that provide the first glimpse of Ganymede's icy north pole. Learn more: missionjuno.swri.edu/news/nasa-juno…

Amateur astronomer Clyde Foster spied a new feature in Jupiter’s clouds…I captured a detailed look at “Clyde’s Spot” when I zoomed by just two days later. #CitizenScience for the win. See more: missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/think-… JunoCam image processing by Kevin M. Gill

Racing stripes: Jupiter is huge, but makes a full rotation in just 10 hours. This creates powerful jet streams that divide its clouds into distinctive bands, as seen in this striking JunoCam image processed by citizen scientist David Marriott. Details: missionjuno.swri.edu/news/jupiters-…