Happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸
@NASAHubble's view of Jupiter in ultraviolet view gives researcher's new insights into the planet's atmosphere - in time for Independence day! The fifth planet from the Sun is by far the largest in our solar system, more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined.
A new storm churns up a lot of red, white, and blue on the gas giant. The red in this image is particles in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, the white spots are particles that absorb ultraviolet light, while the blue hue shows ultraviolet light reflecting from the planet’s surface.
Astronomers often look at celestial objects through various light spectrums to help study the chemical composition, atmospheric conditions, and elemental properties.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and the OPAL team
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