NASA shares image of red cyclones thrown at Jupiter’s North Pole – but the internet says the planet looks like a ‘pepperoni pizza’
- NASA shared an image captured by Juno of bicycles swirling on Jupiter
- The image shows swirls of red and yellow at the North Pole of the planet
- The agency shared it on Instagram and users compared it to a pepperoni pizza
NASA shared a detailed image of Jupiter, but viewers said it looked more like ‘a pepperoni pizza’.
The Juno spacecraft has been studying the massive planet since 2011 and recently sent back an image of red-hot bicycles in the North Pole region.
The U.S. space agency shared the image on Instagram and users responded by comparing the features to the popular food.
One user called it the ‘Pizza Planet’, while another said it looked like a burnt cake.
However, the infrared image marks a ‘lava-like’ storm on Jupiter’s pulse, and when viewed under visible light, the clouds appear as a blue glow.
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NASA shared a detailed image of Jupiter, but viewers said it looked more like ‘a pepperoni pizza’. The spacecraft Juno has been studying the massive planet since 2011 and recently sent an image of red rotating bicycles back into the North Pole region
Juno has been the eyes of NASA as he orbits Jupiter, but the agency is set to use the powerful James Webb Space Telescope that will observe the planet with the hope of making more detailed discoveries.
Imke de Pater of the University of California, Berkeley and Thierry Fouchet of the Observatory of Paris said: ‘It will be a really challenging experiment. ‘
‘Jupiter is so bright, and Webb’s instruments are so sensitive, that observing both the bright planet and its fainter rings and mantles will be an excellent test of how you can get the most out of Webb’s innovative technology. . ‘
NASA recently shared an image of fierce storms surrounding Jupiter’s pulse.
“The floor is lava,” NASA shared in the Instagram post. ‘Oh wait, do not hold out, that’s just an infrared view of Jupiter’s North Pole.’
The U.S. space agency shared the image on Instagram and users responded by comparing the features to the popular food. One user called it the ‘Pizza Planet’, while another said it looked like a burnt cake.
Our James Webb space telescope will explore the atmosphere of Jupiter’s polar region, where @NASAJuno discovered the clusters of cyclones seen in this image. The data from @NASAWebb will provide much more detail than has been possible in past observations, measurements of wind, cloud particles, gas composition and temperature. ‘
Taken after the image popped up, users came cursing to leave a comment that the image looked like pizza.
One user wrote it is the ‘Forbidden pizza’ and some users simply replied to the image with the pizza emoji.
The infrared image marks ‘lava-like’ storm on Jupiter’s poles and when seen under visible light, the clouds appear as a blue glow
NASA shared an image of the storms under visible light, showing Jupiter’s North Pole with a blue color and traces of storm clouds swirling in the atmosphere.
Scott Bolton, chief investigator for the Juno spacecraft, said in a statement: ‘It’s blue in color above other parts of the planet, and there are a lot of storms. ‘
‘There is no sign of the latitudes or zones and belts to which we are accustomed – this image is hardly recognizable as Jupiter. ‘
‘We see signs that the clouds have shadows, which may indicate that the clouds are at a higher altitude than other features.
WHAT IS THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE?
The James Webb Telescope has been described as a ‘time machine’ that could help discover the secrets of our universe.
The telescope will be used to look back to the first galaxies born in the early universe more than 13.5 billion years ago, and to observe the sources of stars, exoplanets, and even the moons and planets of our solar system.
The enormous telescope, which has already cost more than $ 7 billion (£ 5 billion), is considered a successor to the surrounding Hubble Space Telescope.
The James Webb Telescope and most of its instruments have an operating temperature of about 40 Kelvin – about minus 387 Fahrenheit (minus 233 Celsius).
Officials say the cost could push the program cap $ 8 billion (£ 5.6 billion) through Congress. The space agency has already put $ 7 billion (£ 5 billion) into the telescope.
Launched in 2020, it will be the largest and most powerful telescope in the world, capable of peering 200 million years after the Big Bang.
In January, the telescope was successfully tested in a giant vacuum chamber in the Johnson Space Center – proving that it will function in deep space.
The telescope went through 100 days of cryogenic testing where temperatures plunged hundreds of degrees below freezing to ensure it worked in extreme cold.
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