NASA Shares Beautiful Images Of Jupiter’s Northern And Southern Auroras
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently shared images that show Jupiter’s northern and southern auroras - stunning light shows in a planet’s atmosphere. The images were shared on NASA Hubble official Instagram page.
“It’s #ThrowbackThursday! Released 23 years ago this month, these views of Jupiter’s northern and southern auroras were taken in ultraviolet light by Hubble. The auroras are brilliant curtains of light in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere,” states the Instagram post by NASA Hubble. As per NASA, Jupiter has the most powerful auroras in the solar system. The image shared by NASA has already garnered over 1 lakh likes and 200 comments where people are awe-struck by the stunning images.
For the uninitiated, Hubble, the observatory, is the first major optical telescope to be placed in space, the ultimate mountaintop, states NASA. Hubble has an unobstructed view of the universe and scientists have used it to observe the most distant stars and galaxies as well as the planets in our solar system.
NASA Hubble keeps sharing new beautiful pictures of the universe and recently also shared image of a huge cluster of galaxies, called Abell 370.
If you want to keep track of all the stunning images that NASA shares, make sure to follow the page on Instagram here.
Source: Mashable India
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