Very Large Telescope Images Of Jupiter Prepare Us For Juno Arrival

Launching back in 2011, NASA's Juno mission has spent the past five years traversing the gulf that lies between Earth and Jupiter. When it arrives (in just a few days time!), it will be the second long-term mission to the gas giant in history. And in the process, it will obtain information about its composition, weather patterns, magnetic and gravitational fields, and history of formation. With just days to go before this historic rendezvous takes place, the European Southern Observatory is taki...