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The Juno data from the very first flyby of Jupiter showed that structures of ammonia gas extended over 60 miles into Jupiter's interior, which was a big shock to the Juno science team,» Aurnou said.
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The Juno data show that what seemed like a weather pattern on Jupiter extends down well below the depth where sunlight penetrates, which means that something other than weather may be driving these forces.
Not exact matches
The findings released on Thursday were based on
data collected when
Juno passed about 2,600 miles (4,200 km) around Jupiter's poles on Aug. 27.
ASH 2016 has been one of the most anticipated scientific conventions of the year, with companies like Novartis, Kite, and
Juno presenting critical new
data about a next - gen set of drugs that are being tested in numerous blood cancers.
Previous missions selected by New Frontiers include New Horizons, a nuclear - powered probe that flew by Pluto in 2015 and is now going deeper into the Kuiper Belt; OSIRIS - REx, a robot that's flying out to meet asteroid Bennu and bring a sample of it back to Earth; and the
Juno mission, which is looping around Jupiter, recording unprecedented
data and breathtaking images of the planet.
In December,
Juno presented positive preliminary
data on JCAR017 in patients with r / r aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), reporting an 80 % overall response rate and a 60 % complete response rate.
Juno's setbacks contrast with the biologics license application planned this year by Novartis, and the rolling BLA in progress by Kite Pharma — which on Tuesday reported positive 6 - month trial
data for its CAR T - cell lead candidate.
Celgene and bluebird bio report a stunning success in multiple myeloma,
Juno Therapeutics takes it on the chin despite positive
data, and Spark Therapeutics suffers in its showdown with BioMarin in hemophilia.
Scientists don't fully understand what's driving Jupiter's strongest auroras, but
data gathered by the orbiting
Juno spacecraft hint that the electrons generating Jupiter's polar glows may be accelerated by turbulent waves in the planet's magnetic field — a process somewhat akin to surfers being driven shoreward ahead of breaking ocean waves, the researchers report today in Nature.
The JunoCam camera aboard NASA's
Juno mission is operational and sending down
data after the spacecraft's July 4 arrival at Jupiter.
Juno will soar just 9,000 kilometers above the Red Spot's swirling clouds, collecting
data with its eight scientific...
Among the more unique
data sets collected by
Juno during its first scientific sweep by Jupiter was that acquired by the mission's Radio / Plasma Wave Experiment (Waves), which recorded ghostly - sounding transmissions emanating from above the planet.
Along with JunoCam snapping pictures during the flyby, all eight of
Juno's science instruments were energized and collecting
data.
Juno will soar just 9,000 kilometers above the Red Spot's swirling clouds, collecting
data with its eight scientific instruments and snapping pictures with its JunoCam imager.
On a future flyby,
Juno will try to use gravity
data to detect the storm at depths of thousands of kilometers.
Data from the first pass of NASA's
Juno spacecraft over the incessant storm show that its clouds stretch at least 350 kilometers down into the planet's atmosphere.
What's more, preliminary
data from NASA's
Juno probe, also presented at the AGU meeting, suggests its speed was as expected as it flew by Earth, casting doubt on the earlier anomalies.
The
Juno spacecraft, launched Aug. 5, 2011, has blankets coated with germanium, a metalized material that conducts electricity; and Kapton, a high - temperature plastic film, to ensure that the surface of the blankets reflects sunlight and remains grounded while the probe gathers
data from the highly charged environment around Jupiter.
This composite image, derived from
data collected by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA's
Juno mission to Jupiter, shows the central cyclone at the planet's north pole and the eight cyclones that encircle it.
All of
Juno's science instruments and the spacecraft's JunoCam were operating during the flyby, collecting
data that are now being returned to Earth.
With
data from Voyager, Galileo, New Horizons, Hubble and now
Juno, we have a better understanding of the composition and evolution of this iconic feature,» said Jim Green, NASA's director of planetary science.
«But there was no
data set capable of answering this question until
Juno.»
During the flyby,
Juno's eight science instruments were furiously collecting
data.
The Very Large Array radio observatory in New Mexico will supplement
Juno's
data with its own set of short - wavelength microwave observations.
By trying different wavelengths and measuring how each signal propagates through the chamber's gaseous cocktail, Steffes and his team provide critical calibrating information for
Juno's
data about Jupiter's inner depths.
But the
data collected by
Juno on Aug. 27 has thrown into question the models scientists had for Jupiter's auroras.
But, of course, Bolton noted, no probe has ever come this close to Jupiter before, and the purpose of the
Juno mission is to gather
data that will put models like those to the test.
«Problem is, at Jupiter, looking for the kind of
data Juno is looking for, you have to go in the kind of neighborhoods where you could find trouble pretty quick.»
Named
Juno, the NASA orbiter will collect
data that could elucidate the planet's origins and evolution, gather details about its long - lived storm (the Great Red Spot) and send back the highest - resolution color images of Jupiter to date.
«We are not looking for trouble, we are looking for
data,» said Scott Bolton, principal investigator of
Juno from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.
When NASA's
Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter this summer, engineers did a victory dance — and not just because their mission would return the best Jovian
data ever.
Jupiter's light shows aren't sparked by the same process that generates Earth's flashiest polar auroras, say Barry Mauk at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland and his team, who have been studying
data from NASA's
Juno spacecraft.
Using radio - wavelength
data collected this year by NASA's
Juno mission, researchers have found that signatures of the Great Red Spot persist roughly 300 kilometers into Jupiter.
The researchers are looking forward to testing their predictions with real
data from Jupiter, and they won't have to wait long: NASA's
Juno space probe is orbiting Jupiter right now, collecting
data about its atmosphere, magnetic field and interior.
The
data collection of the Great Red Spot is part of
Juno's sixth science flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops.
Using
data gathered from
Juno's sophisticated suite of instruments, researchers have found that Jupiter's storms aren't confined to the uppermost layers of the Jovian atmosphere.
«
Juno is healthy, its science instruments are fully operational, and the
data and images we've received are nothing short of amazing, «Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA, said at the time.
With
data from Voyager, Galileo, New Horizons, Hubble and now
Juno, we have a better understanding of the composition and evolution of this iconic feature,» Jim Green, the director of planetary science at the agency, added in a statement.
It is not easy to observe Jupiter's moons as more than points of light with
Juno, because
Juno will never get very close to any of the moons, but as its orbit shifts there will be opportunities to collect
data on some of the moons.
The
data we collected during our first flyby on August 27th was a revelation, and I fully anticipate a similar result from
Juno's October 19th flyby.»
And
Juno's
data show that it is almost twice as strong as expected in some spots.
Data from NASA's
Juno spacecraft are revealing new details of Jupiter, from swirling cyclones at the planet's poles (south pole, shown) to its great white ovals, storms and stripes of gas.
(NASA's
Juno mission is now gathering
data during repeated close flybys of Jupiter's cloud tops.)
It will likely take weeks or perhaps months for the science team to analyze the
data gathered by
Juno's instruments in order to reveal some of the enduring storm's secrets.
Using infrared
data from NASA's
Juno spacecraft, scientists have assembled a 3D map of Jupiter's north polar region, showing details of a huge central cyclone and eight surrounding storms.
Images and
data are being returned to Earth from the
Juno spacecraft's recent close pass over the GRS on Monday, July 10, when it passed directly above the coiling crimson cloud tops at a height of just 5,600 miles (9,000 kilometers).
W.M.F., M.P. and D.D. carried out the analysis of the
Juno gravity
data.
But while space enthusiasts wait for
data and images to start pouring out —
Juno's principal investigator, Scott Bolton, said all images shot by the «
Juno Cam» will be released to the public — NASA has published a time - lapse video of the Galilean moons orbiting around Jupiter.
Luciano Iess and colleagues use
Juno's Doppler tracking
data to determine Jupiter's gravity harmonics.
Last week
Juno began transmitting to and receiving
data from Earth, keeping its NASA team updated within ten minutes of the spacecraft's condition.