The fascinating images from the space missions of the POT continue to surprise astronomy enthusiasts and the curious alike. Recently, the American body shared amazing photos on its official website that left everyone speechless.
Highlighting a “ghostly hand” and an enigmatic face printed in Jupiter’s atmosphere, the photos remind us that the universe remains a mystery that scientists explore daily in search of answers to the unknowns that surround it, especially in relation to our system. solar and its planets.
The face on Jupiter and the “ghostly hand” captured by NASA
The astonishing space odyssey of NASA’s telescopes recently revealed a disturbing image that has caused a lot of talk, a face in Jupiter’s atmosphere. This finding was attributed to the Juno mission, which has been monitoring and analyzing the giant planet and its surrounding moons since 2016 in extreme detail.
Photographs obtained by the JunoCam probe showed swirling clouds and storms in the northern regions of Jupiter, forming a face that evokes the cubist aesthetic of Pablo Picasso. Scientist Vladimir Tarasov, in charge of processing the information from the space probe, highlighted that the images were captured 7,700 kilometers above the planet’s cloud tops.
The image has revealed extraordinary details thanks to the peculiar sunlight in that location. These discoveries underscore the ability of space exploration to reveal cosmic wonders and spark admiration for the vastness and complexity of the universe we are still learning to understand, as well as the ease with which humans see faces everywhere.
The hand-shaped nebula that has fascinated everyone
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory determined that this nebula originated 1,500 years ago due to the collapse of a star that exhausted its nuclear fuel. Space technology, similar to an X-ray machine for viewing human bones, revealed details about the distance of the MSH 15-52 nebula: approximately 16,000 light years from Earth.
After the stellar collapse, a dense remnant of neutrons formed that generated pulsars, rotating magnetic fields. These pulsars emitted energized material that eventually shaped the nebula, strikingly similar to a human hand with five fingers, a palm, and a wrist.