Tag: Jupiter moon Europa images

Highway to hell? Just check out Jupiter moon Europa photo taken by Juno camera
Technology

Highway to hell? Just check out Jupiter moon Europa photo taken by Juno camera

[ad_1] NASA’s Juno mission has shared a stunning image of the terrifying surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa. NASA has shared a stunningly close and high-resolution photo of Jupiter's moon Europa, all thanks to the Juno mission, which is centred around the largest planet in our solar system. The image reveals a detailed view of a puzzling region of the moon's heavily fractured icy crust. NASA explains that the highest ever resolution image of Jupiter's Moon so far covers about 93 miles (150 kilometres) by 125 miles (200 kilometres) of Europa's surface, revealing a region crisscrossed with a network of fine grooves and double ridges- something of a highway to hell, considering that the moon is constantly blasted by radiation from Jupiter. NASA says, "Juno's Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) – ...