Jupiter

NASA's Juno mission has shared a stunning image of the terrifying surface of Jupiter's Moon Europa.

This black-and-white image was captured on September 29, 2022, via Juno's Stellar Reference Unit – a star camera used to orient the spacecraft at a distance of about 256 miles. The surprising part is that the image of this region of Europa was captured as Juno raced past at about 24 kilometres per second. [NASA](http://tech.hindustantimes.com/tags/nasa) has shared a stunningly close and high-resolution photo of Jupiter's [moon](http://tech.hindustantimes.com/tags/moon) Europa, all thanks to the Juno mission, which is centred around the largest planet in our solar system. The team's use of a star-tracker camera for science is a great example of Juno's groundbreaking capabilities. 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](http://tech.hindustantimes.com/tags/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) – a [star](http://tech.hindustantimes.com/tags/star) camera used to orient the spacecraft – obtained the black-and-white image during the spacecraft's flyby of Europa on Sept.

The highest-resolution photo NASA's Juno mission has ever taken of a specific portion of Jupiter's moon Europa reveals a detailed view of a puzzling region of ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California, manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott J. The data from the Juno flyby provides a preview of what that mission will reveal. In 2023, Io, the most volcanic body in the solar system, will join the club.” In June 2021, [Juno sailed by Jupiter’s moon Ganymede](https://scitechdaily.com/see-the-dramatic-first-images-nasas-juno-spacecraft-captured-as-it-sailed-by-the-icy-orb-ganymede/) – the solar system’s largest moon. “The team’s use of a star-tracker camera for science is a great example of Juno’s groundbreaking capabilities. With a resolution that ranges from 840 to 1,115 feet (256 to 340 meters) per pixel, the image was captured as Juno raced past at about 15 miles per second (24 kilometers per second) or 54,000 mph (86,000 km/h) over a part of the surface that was in nighttime, dimly lit by “Jupiter shine” – sunlight reflecting off Jupiter’s cloud tops. “This image is unlocking an incredible level of detail in a region not previously imaged at such resolution and under such revealing illumination conditions,” said Heidi Becker, the lead co-investigator for the SRU.

Europa is the sixth-largest moon in the solar system, slightly smaller than Earth's moon.

Adding, "JunoCam images help fill in gaps in the maps from images obtained by Voyager and Galileo missions. Using raw images taken by JunoCam, the spacecraft's public-engagement camera, these Europa photographs were reprocessed by interested members of the public to create deep-space portraits of the Jovian moon that aren't only awe-inspiring but also worthy of further scientific scrutiny." Before this, NASA's Galileo came within 218 miles (351 kilometres) of the surface.

nasa has shared a new picture of jupiters europa moon which is the smallest of the gas giants four galilean moons and also the sixth largest moon in our ...

The latest observations will help NASA plan for its Europa Clipper mission, due to launch in 2024 and arrive at the Jovian system in 2030.

29, Juno zipped within approximately 219 miles (352 kilometers) of Europa, thought to have an ocean flowing beneath its thick frozen crust, raising the possibility of underwater life. "The team’s use of a star-tracker camera for science is a great example of Juno’s groundbreaking capabilities. According to NASA, the image covers about 93 miles by 125 miles of Europa’s surface.