White House budget puts 54 NASA science missions on the chopping block

An analysis by the nonprofit science advocacy group The Planetary Society has identified 54 NASA missions that may be ...

Jupiter's moon Europa captured by Juno spacecraft in close flyby

NASA Juno mission captured amazing new imagery of Jupiter's moon Europa. The spacecraft flew about 219 miles (352 kilometers) ...

Animation Of NASA Spacecraft's Flyby Of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Lo

NASA's Juno spacecraft made a close flyby of Jupiter moon lo. See an animation of the images the probe captured created by ...

Everything's bigger on Jupiter, including its lightning bolts

A new study examining microwave radiation data from NASA's Juno mission provides some clues as to why the lightning bolts on ...
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Lightning Strikes on Jupiter Are 100 Times as Powerful as Those on Earth, a New Study Suggests

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has massive storms that match its size. These storms—some of which can last ...

Jupiter’s lightning is 100 times stronger than Earth’s bolts

It only takes one close encounter with a lightning strike to get the full sense of its power. At around 1 gigaJoule of energy, a single electrical discharge during a thunderstorm is more than enough ...

Lightning bolts on Jupiter 500 times as powerful as on Earth

New data shows that lightning strikes inside Jupiter's atmosphere may be more than 500 times as powerful than on Earth.

NASA's Juno spacecraft

Juno carries a suite of nine instruments to explore Jupiter from its interior to its atmosphere. It will map Jupiter's ...