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Juno Beams Back Images Of Jupiter's Poles The Planets + Pluto!

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5/22/17

Uncalibrated, processed raw image from @NASAJuno's P6 pass of Jupiter on May 19, 2017 pic.twitter.com/EN2K9zQltl
— Jason Major (@JPMajor) May 20, 2017

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5/25/17

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NASA to Discuss First Science Results from Juno Mission to Jupiter

Scientists from NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter will discuss their first in-depth science results in a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 25, when multiple papers with early findings will be published online by the journal Science and Geophysical Research Letters.

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5/26/17

Much of What We Thought About Jupiter Is Wrong https://t.co/ooCribxHNH
— Ed Rivera-Valentín (@PlanetTreky) May 26, 2017

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5/26/17

An enhanced-color closeup of swirling waves of clouds, some just 4 miles across. Some of the small, bright high clouds seem to form squall lines, or a narrow band of high winds and storms associated with a cold front. They're likely composed of water and/or ammonia ice.

NASA/SWRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Seán Doran

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5/26/17

Jupiter's poles are covered in cyclones, some as big as the Earth - That & more new results from @NASAJuno. Details: https://t.co/itx189c0jM pic.twitter.com/M9YZVQiNIG
— NASA (@NASA) May 26, 2017

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5/26/17

Be sure to click through to the high resolution version on Flickr, and make it full screen!

Here is a preview of a @NASAJuno animation by Gerald Eichstädt.

Upscaled, Uptimed x3, Process x12: https://t.co/ez5iIttkT1 pic.twitter.com/ErPSxRdOva
— Seán Doran (@_TheSeaning) May 26, 2017