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NASA's Juno mission shows Jupiter may be smaller and flatter than previously thought

The gas giant is narrower at the equator, but flatter at the poles.
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Computer Modeling Provides New Explanation for Jupiter's Moon Europa's Icy Shell Rotation

A new computer modeling provided a new explanation as to why the icy shell of Jupiter's moon, Europa, has an unusual motion/rotation. Scientist from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory present a video, 09 ...
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NASA TESS Detects a New 'Warm Jupiter' Exoplanet

Astronomers, led by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), have announced the discovery of a new "warm Jupiter" exoplanet orbiting around a rapidly rotating F-type star. According to ...
New Scientist

Jupiter’s stormy surface replicated in lab

Stunning patterns in Jupiter’s atmosphere have been replicated more accurately than ever before in the lab – using a rotating tub filled with water. Michael Le Bars at Aix-Marseille University in ...
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JUICE Mission: Unlocking Jupiter’s Icy Moon Secrets

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) probe is on its very long journey to Jupiter. It won’t be until after this decade is over that the spacecraft will finally arrive at the King of Planets.Once ...