And one more time with feeling...

This view of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1

Image Credit: NASA/JPL

Jupiter, observed by Voyager 1 on March 1, 1979.

The planet Jupiter

Jupiter by Hubble & by Webb

© H: visible/IR; W: IR (2 filters/3 filters)

“Jupiter” Mobile Wallpapers by Kevin M. Gill

Io Eclipse Shadow on Jupiter from Juno : What’s that dark spot on Jupiter? It’s the shadow of Jupiter’s most volcanic moon Io. Since Jupiter shines predominantly by reflected sunlight, anything that blocks that light leaves a shadow. If you could somehow be in that shadow, you would see a total eclipse of the Sun by Io. Io’s shadow is about 3600 kilometers across, roughly the same size as Io itself – and only slightly larger than Earth’s Moon. The featured image was taken last month by NASA’s robotic Juno spacecraft currently orbiting Jupiter. About every two months, Juno swoops close by Jupiter, takes a lot of data and snaps a series of images – some of which are made into a video. Among many other things, Juno has been measuring Jupiter’s gravitational field, finding surprising evidence that Jupiter may be mostly a liquid. Under unexpectedly thick clouds, the Jovian giant may house a massive liquid hydrogen region that extends all the way to the center. via NASA

Jupiter in Near-Infrared  Jupiter and Ganymede in Near-UV and Blue 

 by Judy Schmidt

Timelapse of Europa & Io orbiting Jupiter, shot from Cassini during its flyby of Jupiter

You could fit 2 whole earths in that storm

Swirls and Colors on Jupiter from Juno [3709x2772]

NASA has released new images of Jupiter, taken by the Juno Spacecraft.

Jupiter’s vibrant bands of light belts and dark regions appear primed for their close-up during our Juno spacecraft’s 10th flyby on Feb. 7. This flyby was a gravity science positioned pass. During orbits that highlight gravity experiments, Juno is positioned toward Earth in a way that allows both transmitters to downlink data in real-time to one of the antennas of our Deep Space Network. All of Juno’s science instruments and the spacecraft’s JunoCam were in operation during the flyby, collecting data that is now being returned to Earth. The science behind this beautifully choreographed image will help us understand the origin and structure of the planet beneath those lush, swirling clouds.

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This image of Jupiter was taken by Juno on December 16 and then processed by citizen scientist David Marriott.

Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / David Marriott 

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