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NASA recreate the sound of Jupiter's auroras

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NASA have compiled a "voiceprint" of what Jupiter's auroras would sound like following their Juno spacecraft's maiden orbit around the giant gas planet.

During Juno's close fly-by of Jupiter on August 27, the space agency’s waves instrument received radio signals associated with the giant planet's intense auroras, it said.

"The signals have been shifted into the audio frequency range and are displayed in a format similar to a voiceprint, showing intensity of waves as a function of frequency and time," a video release by the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said.

Meanwhile, NASA has also released "close-up" photographs of the planet, taken on August 27 when Juno was approximately 4,200km above Jupiter's surface.

The images show the vast difference in colour between Jupiter's north pole and the rest of the planet.

"It's bluer in colour up there than other parts of the planet, and there are a lot of storms," principal Juno investigator Scott Bolton said in statement from NASA.

"This image is hardly recognisable as Jupiter."

"We're seeing signs that the clouds have shadows, possibly indicating that the clouds are at a higher altitude than other features."

NASA have planned for Juno to make 35 more fly-bys of Jupiter before the mission ends in 2018.

Currently, Juno is in orbit around the planet and it takes 53 days to make a single revolution. However, it will eventually decrease to 14 days.

It will take several more months for Juno to compile the complete picture of Jupiter it was sent to snap.


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