The Story of the Solar System: Ice spires on Callisto

NASA’s Galileo probe flew close by Jupiter’s icy moon Callisto to reveal tall icy structures jutting out of the cratered surface of the satellite.

This competition is now closed

Published: May 9, 2018 at 12:00 pm

Callisto’s anti-Jovian hemisphere imaged in 2001 by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. Image Credit: NASA

Advertisement

Animation by Mark Garlick.

Tags

Latest

IC405 - The Flaming Star Nebula by Alastair Woodward, Derby, UK.

Gallery Flaming Star Nebula

Pinwheel Galaxy James Harrison, Witney, Oxfordshire, March 2020 Equipment: ZWO ASI 183MM Pro mono camera, Sky-Watcher Explorer 200P Newtonian reflector, Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro mount

Gallery Pinwheel Galaxy

Save when you subscribe today!

Try 3 issues for £5!

You may also like

The lakes were found deep under the Canadian High Arctic Credit: Anja Rutishauser

Terrestrial lakes could help find life on Europa

iso200 jupiter

Canon 550D DSLR Jupiter (iso200)

Image Credit: Pete Lawrence

Observing Jupiter’s moons

The 12 new moons come in three distinct groups: 9 are distant retrograde (opposite direction to Jupiter's spin) moons, two are closer prograde (same direction as Jupiter's spin) moons, and the final one is an oddball that is distant, yet moving in a prograde motion.

12 new moons found around Jupiter