Close-up of a storm on Jupiter from the Juno space probe
© NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstadt/Sean Dora
World Space Week begins. From Sputnik to extraterrestrial storms
NASA’s solar-powered Juno probe took this photo of a massive storm near Jupiter’s north pole. Juno’s been collecting data and taking incredible photos of Jupiter since 2016, showing us detailed evidence of the turbulent atmosphere surrounding the largest planet in our solar system.
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