We’ve known about the Ghost of Jupiter since 1785, when it was discovered by the German-born astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822). But a captivating new image released by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows the spooky-looking planetary nebula in a whole new light.
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“Supposedly, it is so named because of its resemblance to the planet Jupiter,” Dr. You-Hua Chu, a former professor of astronomy at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and one of the scientists behind the new image, told The Huffington Post in an email. “I confess that I do not see the resemblance.”
