
Newly Processed Images of Europa Show Details of the Icy Moon
Andrea Luck, known in astronomy for his unique image processing of planetary images, has released several newly edited, highly-detailed images of Europa.
Andrea Luck, known in astronomy for his unique image processing of planetary images, has released several newly edited, highly-detailed images of Europa.
Photographer Brennan Gilmore took advantage of Jupiter's closest position to Earth in the last 59 years and captured a photo of the gas giant along with its four Galilean moons over the roof of a barn.
NASA has shared an absolutely breathtaking photograph of Jupiter and two of its moons Io and Europa, recently captured by the Juno Spacecraft.
Amateur astronomer Kai Ly has discovered a new moon of Jupiter while examining photos taken in 2003 with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). It is the first time a new moon in the Solar System has been discovered by an amateur.
What would iconic space probe photos of celestial bodies in our solar system look like if they had been shot with an ordinary smartphone camera? Astronomer Scott Manley made this 12.5-minute video that explains the answer, which is: "not much."
NASA's Juno spacecraft started orbiting Jupiter today after a 5 year journey from Earth. During its approach, the spacecraft captured a series of photos over the span of multiple weeks, showing the planet's moons in orbit. NASA then turned the images into the epic time-lapse seen in the 3-minute video above.
Saturn has 62 known moons, and NASA recently captured three of the more prominent ones together in the same …
On January 23rd, 2015, there was a rare triple transit of Jupiter's moons, during which observers here on Earth were treated with the sight of three moons crossing the face of the planet at the same time. This event happens only once or twice every ten years.
The Hubble Space Telescope was pointed at Jupiter during the triple transit and captured the beautiful photo above. It shows, from left to right, Europa, Callisto, and Io.