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Detailed explanation-1: -Juno’s many discoveries have changed our view of Jupiter’s atmosphere and interior, revealing an atmospheric weather layer that extends far beyond its water clouds and a deep interior with a dilute heavy element core.

Detailed explanation-2: -Overview | Juno – NASA Solar System Exploration. Juno is a solar-powered NASA spacecraft that spans the width of a basketball court and makes long, looping orbits around giant planet Jupiter. Juno is improving our understanding of the solar system’s beginnings by revealing the origin and evolution of Jupiter.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and the fifth planet from the sun. The gas giant has a long, rich, history of surprising scientists. Named after the kind of the gods in Roman mythology this “king of the planets” is a stormy enigma shrouded in colorful clouds.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thomas Greathouse (Southwest Research Institute) looked at Juno data from the nightside, they were surprised to discover that a part of Jupiter’s polar auroras instead dims dramatically. The result was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.