NASA’s Juno spacecraft has forced planetary scientists to reconsider something they thought was settled: how big Jupiter ...
NASA shared that with a more precise shape, it will help astronomers understand data from planets seen passing in front of ...
New data from NASA's Juno orbiter reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and more 'squashed' than scientists previously thought.
Jupiter's radius is now estimated to be about 5 miles smaller than previously thought, while the distance from pole to pole is about 15 miles less.
For decades, scientists believed they had a solid handle on Jupiter’s size and shape.
Jupiter, as seen on July 18, 2024 by NASA's Juno spacecraft during its 63rd perijove. Processed by Jackie Branc. NASA’s Juno orbiter has returned its latest batch of images of giant Jupiter, which are ...
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Asharq Al Awsat Jupiter, without a doubt, is the biggest planet in our solar system. But it turns out that it is not quite as large - by ever so small an amount - as scientists had previously thought.
Scientists report that the solar system’s biggest planet is slightly slimmer than past estimates, thanks to more precise readings from NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Data from NASA's Juno mission show that Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, is slightly smaller and more "squashed" than previously believed, ...