Jupiter Marble Tapestry space Credits: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/ASU/MSS

Credits: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/ASU/MSS

This image is among those selected by the NASA Headquarters photo team as one of their best images of 2020

a small galaxy about 160 000 light-years from Earth

ionizing it and creating what astronomers call an HII region

stand out as exaggerated purple

Jupiter Marble Tapestry space Credits: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/ASU/MSSThis striking view of Jupiters Great Red Spot and turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by NASAs Juno spacecraft as it performed a close pass of the gas giant planet. Juno took the three images used to produce this color enhanced view on Feb. 12, 2019, between 9: 59 a. m. PST (12: 59 p. m. EST) and 10: 39 a. m. PST (1: 39 p. m. EST), as the spacecraft performed its 17th science pass of Jupiter. At the time the images were taken, the spacecraft