Juno just completed its latest pass of Jupiter's moon, Europa, and NASA will start sharing images soon. Here's how to see them.
the first Juno image of Europa taken in a recent flyby. The flyby took place on September 29, and NASA received the first image hours after it was taken. The image was captured as Juno passed by the moon on its closest approach of around 219 miles. Juno is expected to return more images in the coming days, too, as NASA processes all of the data the probe captured.
As the sixth-largest moon in the solar system, Europa is only slightly smaller than our own lunar satellite. Some scientists believe the thick ice shell that makes up the moon’s surface hides a salty ocean beneath it. This belief has often sparked debates that Europa, like Ganymede,
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