Space Explored
By Arin Waichulis
October 25, 2021
NASA has announced that it will hold a virtual media briefing to discuss new findings from the Juno spacecraft.
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NASA stated that the upcoming briefing on Thursday will reveal "new findings" and a new look at how the planet operates beneath the top layers of clouds.
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What these “new findings” are exactly, is still anyone’s guess. But Juno has made many amazing discoveries in the past
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Juno's mission is to measure Jupiter's composition, gravitational field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere.
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The spacecraft was launched in August 2011 and entered Jovian orbit in July of 2016. It is currently the furthest spacecraft ever to be powered by solar arrays.
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Juno is already responsible for a heap of breakthroughs made throughout its mission. Most notability, being the first mission to closely study, and photograph, Jupiter’s north pole.
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Most recently, last year the spacecraft solved a water mystery that has stumped scientists for decades. Findings an abundance of water molecules in Jupiter's equatorial regions.
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The event will take place at 3 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 28 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, which is where the mission is operated.
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