Planets photos with name

Are there any good pictures of the planets?

And in the age of modern astronomy, which goes beyond terrestrial telescopes to space telescopes, orbiters and satellites, there is no shortage of pictures of the planets. But here are a few of the better ones, taken with high-resolutions cameras on board spacecraft that managed to capture their intricate, picturesque, and rugged beauty.

What planets have life on it?

The place we call home, Earth is the third rock from the sun and the only planet with known life on it - and lots of it too! The red planet is dusty, cold world with a thin atmosphere and is home to four NASA robots. Jupiter is a massive planet, twice the size of all other planets combined, and has a centuries-old storm that is bigger than Earth.

How is Jupiter imaged?

Jupiter has been imaged by ground-based telescopes, space telescopes, and orbiter spacecraft. The best ground-based picture was taken in 2008 by the ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VTL) using its Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) instrument.