NASA's Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter and taking jaw-dropping photos of the gas giant since 2016. Juno has flown past Jupiter's polar cyclones, anticyclones, auroras, the Great Red Spot, and enormous moons. Citizen scientists touch up Juno's raw images to highlight storms and clouds in stunning color.Sep 26, 2021
What Jupiter actually looks like?
Jupiter is covered in swirling cloud stripes. It has big storms like the Great Red Spot, which has been going for hundreds of years. Jupiter is a gas giant and doesn't have a solid surface, but it may have a solid inner core about the size of Earth. Jupiter also has rings, but they're too faint to see very well.
What did NASA photograph of Jupiter?
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When was Jupiter first photographed?
On September 5, 1977, NASA began its venture further into the atmosphere with the launch of Voyager 1. This legendary spacecraft now floats far beyond our solar system in interstellar space, but in January, 1979 it began taking the first pictures of Jupiter.
Is it possible to land on Jupiter?
Surface. As a gas giant, Jupiter doesn't have a true surface. The planet is mostly swirling gases and liquids. While a spacecraft would have nowhere to land on Jupiter, it wouldn't be able to fly through unscathed either.
Can we live on Jupiter?
Because of all of the reasons above, it's pretty clear that it'd be impossible for humans to ever live on the planet Jupiter. Even though the large size of the planet is definitely appealing, the planet is actually primarily made of gas, so for humans, it'd be inhabitable.
Does it rain diamonds on Jupiter?
Diamonds big enough to be worn by Hollywood film stars could be raining down on Saturn and Jupiter, US scientists have calculated. New atmospheric data for the gas giants indicates that carbon is abundant in its dazzling crystal form, they say.
Does the red Spot on Jupiter move?
Jupiter's Great Red Spot rotates counterclockwise, with a period of about six Earth days or fourteen Jovian days. Measuring 16,350 km (10,160 mi) in width as of 3 April 2017, Jupiter's Great Red Spot is 1.3 times the diameter of Earth.
Has anyone been on Jupiter?
Mankind has been studying Jupiter for more than 400 years. But we've only been sending spacecraft there since the 1970s! Nine spacecraft have visited Jupiter since 1973, and they've discovered a lot about the planet.
Is there a real photo of the solar system?
The Solar System "family portrait" is the final series of 60 images captured by NASA's Voyager 1 that show six of our solar system's planets. It remains the first and only time — so far — a spacecraft has attempted to photograph our home solar system.