Juno has been orbiting the gas giant in a highly elliptical orbit since July 2016.
NASA’s Juno probe has detected lightning on Jupiter, giving scientists the opportunity to better understand and study the planet’s atmospheric phenomena. This was reported by NASA.
It was found that the image was taken during the probe’s 31st close flyby that passed the gas giant on December 30, 2020, near the planet’s sulfur pole from a distance of 32,000 kilometers.
Experts emphasize that this is not Juno’s only contact with Jupiter’s lightning. The spacecraft detected multiple strikes in Jupiter’s thick atmosphere, which helped scientists determine that lightning in the gas giant is very similar to lightning on Earth.
On Earth, lightning occurs in water clouds and is most common near the equator, while on Jupiter lightning also tends to occur in water-ammonia clouds and is most commonly seen near the poles.
It was previously reported that NASA has set the start of the long-awaited space mission to the massive asteroid Psyche on October 5.
NASA spacecraft released the latest images of Jupiter
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