Article 3HK2Z Nasa spacecraft reveals Jupiter's interior in unprecedented detail

Nasa spacecraft reveals Jupiter's interior in unprecedented detail

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Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
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Juno mission paints dramatic picture of the turbulence within the solar system's largest planet

Jupiter's interior has been revealed in unprecedented detail in observations by Nasa's Juno spacecraft that show it to be as strange and turbulent as the planet's surface.

Despite extensive studies of Jupiter's surface, including its distinctive dark and light bands and "great red spot", little had previously been known about what lies at the interior of the solar system's largest planet.

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