See the icy moon Europa up close and personal in Juno image

The flyby of Jupiter's moon Europa was performed late last month, and it came within a hair of the moon's surface. The data and images from this location were collected by the spacecraft as it sped by. NASA has released the highest-resolution image it has ever taken of the ocean.

It is an intriguing place because of its habitability. Its surface is covered in ice 10 miles deep and it is thought to be a salt water ocean. There is a lot of interest in looking at the moon in more depth to see if it can host life.

There are grooves and ridges in the ice that cover an area of 93 miles. It was taken by the instrument which takes black and white pictures of the stars. The camera can be used for scientific work in low-light conditions. While the moon was illuminated by Jupiter's light, it was possible to take a picture of it.

The lead co-investigator for the SRU said in a statement that the image is unlocking an incredible level of detail in a region not previously imaged at such resolution. The team used a star-tracker camera for science, which is a great example of the ground-breaking capabilities of the project. There are so many intriguing features. The internal and external processes that shaped the icy crust are explained by how they formed.

The original plan was to only study Jupiter. The study of Jupiter's moons was extended in the year 2021. In 2022, it will pass by Io, and in 2023 it will fly by. The moons of Jupiter are going to be busy in the next ten years, as they will be hosting two space missions.

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NASA shared the final selfies from the Mars landers.

NASA has shared the final selfie snapped by its InSight Mars lander. The machine is gradually losing power as an increasing amount of Martian dust covers its two 7-feet-wide solar arrays. It’s expected to go quiet toward the end of this year.