This is what Jupiter sounds like

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Jupiter's part of space is terrifying. 

The largest planet in our solar system rotates so quickly that it actually flings charged particles, rock, ice and dust away from it at extreme speeds. Plus, the radiation surrounding the planet will fry any sensitive instrumentation near it in a matter of months.

Into this forbidding environment travels NASA's intrepid Juno spacecraft, which is set for a July Fourth rendezvous with the planet.

Thanks to new data the craft already sent back, scientists know that the huge planet's region of space even "sounds" different than the rest of the solar system. Read more...

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