**Juno's Encounter: Unveiling Jupiter's Great Red Spot**
Published: January 8, 2026
Duration: 1:44
# This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast.
Good evening, stargazers! Today is January 8th, and we're celebrating one of the most dramatic and consequential discoveries in the history of astronomy!
On this date in 1642, the great Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei passed away—but that's not quite the astronomical event we're highlighting. Rather, we're honoring what January 8th represents in the annals of space exploration: **the anniversary of Juno's daring encounter with Jupiter's Great Red Spot!**
On January 8th, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft conducted one of its closest approaches to Jupiter's most famous and mysterious feature—that colo...
Good evening, stargazers! Today is January 8th, and we're celebrating one of the most dramatic and consequential discoveries in the history of astronomy!
On this date in 1642, the great Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei passed away—but that's not quite the astronomical event we're highlighting. Rather, we're honoring what January 8th represents in the annals of space exploration: **the anniversary of Juno's daring encounter with Jupiter's Great Red Spot!**
On January 8th, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft conducted one of its closest approaches to Jupiter's most famous and mysterious feature—that colo...