Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is already famous for being the largest moon in the solar system. At more than 3,200 miles wide, it ...

The extended mission will continue until the spacecraft dies. Though Juno will eventually fall toward Jupiter as its trajectory degrades, NASA says it poses no risk of crashing into or contaminating ...

Planetary scientist Candice Hansen-Koharcheck championed the importance of space imagery. Her legacy lives on in every pixel that comes back to Earth.

NASA has recorded the most powerful volcanic eruption outside of Earth on Io, one of Jupiter’s moons. On December 27, 2022, Juno, NASA’s spacecraft, witnessed numerous active volcanoes erupting ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth’s climate, exploring the Solar System, and probing mysteries of the Universe. This year’s budget expires at the end of ...

SAN ANTONIO — July 22, 2025 —The Southwest Research Institute-led mission team of NASA’s Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft executed a deep-space move in December 2023 to repair its JunoCam imager to ...

All about the spacecraft this week, with images taken by Juno, Hubble, Lucy, Curiosity, and even one from the ISS of Earth. A dynamic storm at the southern edge of Jupiter’s northern polar region ...

Europa, imaged by Juno’s JunoCam. Image: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing: Kevin M. Gill CC BY 3.0 This JunoCam image of Jupiter’s moon Europa shows off the satellite’s icy ...

Tupan Patera is an active volcano on Jupiter's moon, Io, that consists of a volcanic crater 79 kilometers across and 900 meters deep. First seen in low-resolution observations by the two Voyager ...

A comparison of JunoCam data from February 2024 with imagery from the Galileo mission of the same area in November 1997 (greyscale insert) reveals a new volcanic feature on the surface of Jupiter’s ...