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NASA’s Juno spacecraft depicts Jupiter as we can never see from Earth

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NASA’s Juno spacecraft depicts Jupiter as we can never see from Earth

We have all the scientific gizmos at our fingertips that allow us to peer into the deepest corners of space. The powerful telescopes we’ve built mean we can literally go back in time and even observe objects that formed in the earlier universe. But sometimes our observations on Earth don’t somehow capture space objects just because we’re on Earth.

Take the planet Jupiter for example. The gas giant is farther from the sun than Earth. Because Jupiter’s orbit exceeds that of Earth, we can only see the sunlit side of Jupiter. Jupiter’s crescent shape can never be seen from Earth.

But now, NASA’s Juno spacecraft is giving us a glimpse into how Jupiter’s crescent moons form. The Juno spacecraft reached Jupiter in 2016 after traveling through space for five years. The spacecraft circled around the gas giant and its moons.

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The Juno mission team released an image of Jupiter’s crescent moon on February 14.

“If you could fly with NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its regular close flybys of Jupiter, you’ll enjoy stunning views similar to this one,” reads the blog post

The planet can be seen partially illuminated due to sunlight. This photo was clicked with JunoCam. The camera captured seven images during Juno’s 39th close flyby of Jupiter on January 12.

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Nasa’s old map of Jupiter, which reminds many of dosa, has gone viral once more

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Nasa’s old map of Jupiter, which reminds many of dosa, has gone viral once more

Certain images or videos frequently resurface on the Internet, leaving people speechless. When those clips or pictures are shared again on one social media platform or another, they create a buzz. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) created and posted this image of a map of Jupiter online a few years ago. After being shared on Twitter, the image drew a lot of attention this time. And, as usual, the image made people think of dosa, a popular South Indian dish.

The image was shared by the Twitter account Latest in Space. “From the very bottom of Jupiter, I’m looking up. While tweeting the image, they wrote, “Seen by NASA Cassini.” The images from the Cassini spacecraft’s narrow-angle camera were used to create this out-of-this-world image, which is part of a coloured map series produced by the space agency.

The article was published a few days ago. The tweet has received nearly 20,000 likes since it was shared, and the number is growing. The tweet has been retweeted more than 2,000 times. Take a look at some of the comments to see how the image of Jupiter looks like dosa.

A Twitter user commented, “Looks like a designer dosa.” “When I rush to pick up a call, this is what happens to my dosa on the dosa pan,” one joked. “This is how my mother makes Dosa,” a third said. “Jupiter in the making,” wrote a fourth, along with a photo of someone preparing – you guessed it – dosa.

 

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