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    NASA’s Juno Mission Redefines Size, Shape of Jupiter

    An infographic titled “Jupiter: Smaller, Flatter” shows a line drawing of the planet, colored shades of gold against a black background. The text reads, “The giant planet’s size updated after NASA’s Juno mission,” and the illustration shows Jupiter’s equatorial radius as 71,492 kilometers “before Juno,” and 71,488 kilometers “after Juno.”

    Data from NASA’s Juno mission has revealed that the solar system’s largest planet is slightly smaller and more “squashed” than previously believed.  By analyzing radio occultation data from 13 flybys of Jupiter and incorporating the effects of zonal winds, mission scientists have determined that Jupiter is about 5 miles (8 kilometers) narrower at the equator and 15 miles (24 […]

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    Key Hardware for NASA’s Asteroid-Hunting NEO Surveyor Comes Home

    NASA JPL cleanroom with space hardware and technicians.

    Work on NASA’s purpose-built asteroid hunter, Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor, is progressing toward a targeted late 2027 launch. A major component of the mission, the spacecraft’s instrument enclosure journeyed back to the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in early March after completing environmental testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Built at …

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