Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Hubble's sharpest image of Jupiter and Europa

Hubble's sharpest image of Jupiter and Europa
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This latest image of Jupiter, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on 25 August 2020, was captured when the planet was 653 million kilometers from Earth. Hubble's sharp view is giving researchers an updated weather report on the monster planet's turbulent atmosphere, including a remarkable new storm brewing, and a cousin of the Great Red Spot changing colour – again. The new image also features Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M. H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and the OPAL team
Image enhancement: Jean-Baptiste Faure

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