It’s like putting someone down Jupiter Under blacklight.
A new photo by Hubble Space Telescope Shows the largest planet in the solar system in amazing pastel hues.
This image, captured on 25 Aug Gust, combines data from ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared light, to give researchers a new look at Jupiter, which could reveal insights into the vast thickness of the gas.
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“In this photo, parts of Jupiter’s atmosphere that are at alt altitudes, especially above the poles, appear red as a result of atmospheric particles absorbing ultraviolet light,” Hubble team members wrote in a Photo description, Which was released on Thursday (Sept. 17). “In contrast, the blue-hood regions represent ultraviolet light reflected from the planet.”
Hubble team members wrote that the white storm at the top left of the image, which first erupted on August 18, “has attracted the attention of scientists in this multivavelenth loom,” Hubble team members wrote. “The ‘clamp’ behind the white plum absorbs ultraviolet light, which looks just like the center of the Great Red Spot, and the Red Spot Jr., directly below it. This provides further evidence to researchers that this storm could last longer on Jupiter. Most storms. “
Hubble, a joint project of NASA and the European Space Agency, launched the Space Shuttle Discovery ride into Earth orbit in April 1990. Scientists soon realized that the large spacecraft had a defect in its primary mirror, which was assigned to astronauts in December 1993.
Astronauts retained and upgraded Hubble on its next four additional servicing missions, the last of which took place in 2009. As the new Jupiter photo shows, the telescope is still giving astronomers and the public a surprising view of the universe, three decades after its inception.
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