Here’s what you might have missed in space this year
Preoccupied by the eclipse? Space missions delivered plenty of discoveries in 2017
![Jupiter](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/122317_year-end_missions_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
ZOOM IN Juno made a handful of science flybys this year, collecting data on Jupiter’s atmosphere and capturing stunning closeup images of the planet (southern hemisphere shown here). And 2017 had plenty of other not-to-miss updates from big missions.
JPL-Caltech/NASA, SwRI, MSSS, Gerald Eichstädt, Seán Doran