By Jupiter! Juno space probe sends first picture

14 July 2016 - 09:21
By ©The Daily Telegraph

The US space agency's Juno mission to solve the mystery of what lies beneath the swirling storm clouds of Jupiter has sent back its first imagery since going into orbit. Nasa on Tuesday released a picture taken by the spacecraft of the huge gas giant, showing a sunlit section of the planet along with three of its moons - Io, Europa and Ganymede.

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