The Awesome Beauty of Jupiter Captured by Juno, in 13 photos
For the past two years, the spacecraft has been taking photos of Jupiter. Here are the best shots
By Brian Resnick@B_resnickbrian@vox.com Updated Aug 17, 2018, 10:37am EDT
On July 4, 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter traveling at a blistering 130,000 mph. Its mission — to orbit the gas giant closer than any craft had done before — was not easy.
Like Earth, Jupiter is surrounded by a field of magnetic radiation. But Jupiter’s is much, much stronger. If Juno didn’t hit a precise region at the poles where the magnetic field is the weakest in its entry, it wouldn’t have survived; the radiation would have fried the craft.
Juno hit its mark, and Scott Bolton, who leads Mission Juno, called it “the hardest thing NASA has ever done.” Since then, Juno has been completing an orbit of Jupiter once every 53 days.
In June, Juno’s mission was approved to continue through at least July 2021. After that, NASA can choose to extend the mission — or it could end it, plunging the craft into Jupiter’s gauzy atmosphere, where it would burn up. If this dramatic ending sounds familiar, it’s because last year NASA crashed Cassini, the spacecraft that orbited Saturn, into that gas giant. It was awesome.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/5/21/17353110/jupiter-photos-juno-high-res-clouds-great-red-spot
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Astronomers discovered 10 new moons of Jupiter. Where have they been hiding?
Jupiter now has 79 moons, including a new weird one that may explain why there are so many.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/7/17/17576408/jupiter-moons-carnegie-blanco-telescope-astronomy-iau
This is just plain cool....................
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Some of those pictures like like paintings. 
indeed!!!
Thanks, tree!
I just hope that they continue the mission beyond the next due date for consideration..............
Van Gogh and most impressionists would still appreciate the medium but might have questions about why a particular hue in the palette was used. 
Thanks again 
to have and share these pictures................
for the entire year..................
I always wonder how such pics make science deniers feel.
Thank you so much for posting these links, turbinetree! 
Can I have it made into jewelry?
Breathtaking.
the world is flat...................
watched every Tuesday on my local PBS................
...van Gogh was from Jupiter.... 
And Myanus!
Sorry, couldn't resist taking a stab at juvenile humor.
and a good laugh..................
Quite amazing.....................
