NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures intriguing sounds and images from Jupiter and the moon of Ganymede.

We have already heard sounds of the sunwe even heard like from Mars… Now, NASA’s spacecraft orbiting the planet Jupiter brings us intriguing sounds and images that were captured during the planet’s last flyby.

NASA’s Juno mission continues to orbit Jupiter and its moons. During the last pass, the ship received interesting data on the atmosphere of Ganymede.

Jupiter's moon appears in a way that we have never seen or heard.

NASA's Juno spacecraft is known for its fantastic imagery of the planet Jupiter. Using JunoCam, the probe brought in new images, but now there is something more interesting. Captured audio track passing by the moon Jupiter, Ganymede, opened up a new spectrum of questions.

The short audio track captures the strange and wonderful sounds of space exploration, based on data collected by the Waves instrument. This instrument measures the magnetic field around Jupiter, that is, studies what is called the magnetosphere.

This information is important for us to understand the interaction of this magnetic field with gases in the atmosphere. The spacecraft in this passage was collecting data on electrical and magnetic waves during its flight over Ganymede. After being sent to Earth, this data was transformed into an audio range.

This soundtrack is wild enough to make us feel like we're on horseback as Juno roams Ganymede for the first time in over two decades. If you listen, you can hear a sharp shift towards higher frequencies around the middle of the recording, which means entering another region of Ganymede's magnetosphere.

Juno lead investigator Scott Bolton explained in a statement...

The data was collected during Juno's closest flight to Ganymede in June 2021, when it flew within a 1038 km radius of the huge moon. Ganymede is mostly covered in water ice and is the largest moon in the solar system and the only moon with a magnetic field.

It is believed to have an underground ocean of salt water under its ice crust, making it an object of interest for those looking for places in the solar system where life could flourish outside of Earth.

Researchers are still working on waveform data from the flight over Ganymede. They will then conduct analyzes and simulations to learn more about the electric and magnetic fields around the moon and planet.

Perhaps the change in frequency soon after the closest convergence is due to the transition of Ganymede from night to day.

Said William Curt of the University of Iowa in charge of wave research.