Results of Juno mission challenge our understanding of Jupiter

Juno's key strengths is its ability to peer through overlying shroud of clouds to study gases below

Ten months after its nerve-wracking arrival at Jupiter, NASA’s Juno mission has started to deliver – forcing scientists to reevaluate what they thought they knew about the giant planet. The first findings from Juno, published in Science, indicate that many aspects of Jupiter have defied expectation – including the strength of its magnetic field, the shape of its core, the distribution of ammonia gas and the weather at its poles. It certainly makes this an exciting time to be a Jupiter scientist.

Juno arrived at Jupiter in July 2016, and began a