NASA's Juno spacecraft has provided the first close-ups of Jupiter's largest moon in two decades. Juno zoomed past icy Ganymede on Monday, passing within 645 miles (1,038 kilometres). The last time a spacecraft came that close was in 2000, when NASA's Galileo spacecraft swept past our solar system's biggest moon. This is the dark side of the Jovian moon Ganymede, captured by Juno. Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered Ganymede in 1610, along with Jupiter's three next-biggest moons.

Source: CBC News June 09, 2021 11:40 UTC