A Meeting of Giants: A Rare Shot from the Voyager Archives 🛰
In this historic image, the moons Europa and Io are captured against the backdrop of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. The scale is impressive: the giant storm—which has been raging on the gas giant for centuries—could easily swallow the entire Earth, while the passing moons vividly illustrate the colossal size of the Solar System's largest planet.
For the first time, astronomers directly observed stellar wind flowing from a giant star onto its companion, causing powerful X-ray flares. Data from the XRISM telescope, which is led by @JAXA_en in partnership with @NASA and with contributions from @ESA, revealed the cause. 🧵
No one, presently, sees the Moon rotate like this.
That's because the Earth's moon is tidally locked to the Earth, showing us only one side.
However, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has this view: a full Moon rotation.
@Juan_OrtizMX A esta señora tan lista la debemos de juntar con la de Veracruz, la que va a mandar el café al espacio , entre ellas dos estamos salvados
There have been thousands of generations of humans, and you are alive to witness the first photo of a Sunset on another World.
This is a real photo of the sunset on Mars.