NASA’s Juno mission reveals Jupiter is smaller and more 'squashed' than previously estimated

NASA shared that with a more precise shape, it will help astronomers understand data from planets seen passing in front of ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Bizarre chaos erupts on Jupiter as scientists say it’s no longer acting like a normal planet

Jupiter, long treated as the solar system’s fixed point of planetary normalcy, has just been knocked off that pedestal. New measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft show the gas giant is slightly ...
El Adelantado de Segovia

Farewell to the Jupiter of textbooks—the Juno probe reveals a smaller, flatter planet—and NASA prepares for changes

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, isn’t exactly the size and shape scientists believed it was. New measurements from the Juno spacecraft show ...
Devdiscourse

Juno's Groundbreaking Revelations: Jupiter Slimmer Than Expected

NASA's Juno spacecraft has provided the most accurate measurements of Jupiter's size and shape, revealing it is slightly smaller than previously thought. This research enhances understanding of the ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Something bizarre is unfolding on Jupiter and it’s no longer acting like a planet

For generations, Jupiter has been shorthand for a straightforward idea: the biggest planet in the Solar System, a gas giant that quietly shepherds comets and anchors the outer worlds. That picture is ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Giant falls short: Juno finds Jupiter thinner at equator than previously thought

For decades, scientists believed they had a solid handle on Jupiter’s size and shape.

After 50 years, scientists found that Jupiter is smaller and flatter than expected, NASA’s Juno reveals

After 50 years of assumptions, fresh data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and flatter, prompting scientists to rethink what they truly know about the gas giant.

NASA's Juno finds Jupiter is tiny bit smaller than previously thought

The Juno observations showed that Jupiter has an equatorial diameter of 88,841 miles (142,976 km), which is about 8 km ...