Is Jupiter smaller than we thought? NASA spacecraft makes new find

New data from NASA's Juno orbiter reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and more 'squashed' than scientists previously thought.
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Comet may blast NASA’s Jupiter probe with charged dust

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is on a trajectory that could soon lead to a fascinating encounter with NASA’s Jupiter probe. As this comet approaches Jupiter, it may shower the spacecraft with ...
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NASA’s Jupiter Probe Could Snag First-Ever Sample From an Interstellar Comet

Astronomers may be just weeks away from an unprecedented opportunity to learn more about our solar system’s interstellar visitor. Reading time 3 minutes As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS hurtles through ...
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How Jupiter shocked NASA scientists during Juno’s close flybys

When NASA’s Juno spacecraft began its close passes over Jupiter, scientists expected to confirm long-standing theories.

A risky maneuver could send a spacecraft to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's the plan

By taking advantage of a maneuver that would see a spacecraft fire rocket engines while in the solar corona, that ...
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Scientists Say That Jupiter—the Solar System’s Largest Planet—Might Be Slightly Smaller Than Previously Thought

Updated measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft could help researchers better understand the planet's mysterious interior, as well as other gas giants ...

The shocking revelation about Jupiter’s true appearance: ‘Textbooks will need to be updated’

“Textbooks will need to be updated,” study co-author Yohai Kaspi, a planetary scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, said in a statement. “The size of Jupiter hasn’t changed, of ...
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Is Jupiter smaller than we thought? NASA spacecraft makes new find

The measurements from NASA's Juno orbiter mark the first time that the size and shape of Jupiter has been evaluated in more than fifty years. NASA's Pioneer and Voyager missions made observations of ...