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 E-Mail IMAGE: A flake of red peels away from Jupiters Great Red Spot during an encounter with a smaller anticyclone, as seen by the Juno spacecrafts high resolution JunoCam on 12 February... view more  Credit: AGU/Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets WASHINGTON-- The stormy, centuries-old maelstrom of Jupiters Great Red Spot was shaken but not destroyed by a series of anticyclones that crashed into it over the past few years. The smaller storms cause chunks of red clouds to flake...

NASA has extended Juno's mission exploring Jupiter by four years, and projected close flybys of three Jovian moons.

Three exciting alien moons to get first look up close in nearly 20 years Nadia Drake © Photograph by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, Kevin M. Gill Jupiters moon Io—a volcano world orbiting the planet once every 42 hours—casts its shadow on the Jovian clouds in this image from NASAs Juno spacecraft. After five years orbiting Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft is spiraling into the heart of the Jovian system. The four-year, 42-orbit journey will plunge the craft into a treacherou...