The Most Beautiful Space Photos You Will Ever See

LumenHarbor Updated: 2025-06-21

The west coast of the USA is shrouded in thick smoke.

Tracking smoke from wildfires on the West Coast of the United States has been made easier using satellite data from foreign space agencies. The size of the smoke plume can be seen in this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image taken on September 10.

Image credit: ESA analyzed Copernicus Sentinel data.

From one of Jupiter's moons, a photobomb

The close-up image from the Hubble Space Telescope gives experts a new look at the dramatic weather conditions on Jupiter. A long-lasting white storm with wind speeds of about 560 km/h can be seen in the north. To the left of it is Europa, the gas giant's icy moon.