What NASA Discovered Deep Within Jupiter's Clouds and Moons? | Juno

What NASA Discovered Deep Within Jupiter's Clouds and Moons? | Juno

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46 Video Views·Jan 13, 2023

Juno was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in August 2011. After traveling for five years, 2.8 billion km, the space probe began orbiting Jupiter on July 5, 2016. After completing most of its objectives, NASA expanded the Juno mission and set targets on some of Jupiter's major moons.

1. Ganymede
On June 7, 2021, Juno made a flight near Ganymede. The probe entered within just 1000 km of the lunar surface. Based on previous data, scientists knew that Ganymede has at least one large subsurface ocean beneath its massive outer ice.

2. Europa
On September 29, 2022, Juno made a flight over Europa. The probe observed the moon at a distance of only 351 km. Scientists think Europa contains a vast ocean beneath its icy crust. But recent findings show that there may be much more than simple ocean and crust models.

3. Jupiter
The Voyager Mission first visited Jupiter in 1979, and the probes detected mysterious flashes of light in Jupiter's atmosphere. Scientists think these are lightning bolts like the ones we see on Earth, meaning water would have to be present in solid, liquid, and gaseous states.


Timestamp
0:00 Intro
2:39 Ganymede
6:10 Europa
8:49 Jupiter
11:15 Outro

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