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Hubble Telescope Captures Triple Solar Eclipse on Jupiter

Speaking of interesting visuals, NASA is sharing this cool image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

It shows three big moons crossing past Jupiter at the same time, casting their shadows onto the planet's swirling surface. Astronomers said if a person were standing on Jupiter, it would be like three solar eclipses happening at once. The Space Telescope Science Institute said this has happened only twice in the last 15 years.

In case you're counting, Jupiter has 62 moons. but only four of them are highly visible standouts.

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