NASA news: Cyclone warning as Juno reveals monster Jupiter storm bigger than Texas

Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, said: “The combination of creativity and analytical thinking has once again paid off big time for NASA.

“We realised that the orbit was going to carry Juno into Jupiter’s shadow, which could have grave consequences because we’re solar powered.

“No sunlight means no power, so there was real risk we might freeze to death. While the team was trying to figure out how to conserve energy and keep our core heated, the engineers came up with a completely new way out of the problem: Jump Jupiter’s shadow.

“It was nothing less than a navigation stroke of genius. Lo and behold, first thing out of the gate on the other side, we make another fundamental discovery.”