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Coolest space photos of the week

by JoAnna Wendel

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this shot of Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere during a close flyby on Feb 17, 2020.

This visualization shows a Delta Scuti star, which are slightly larger than the Sun, as it pulsates. Scientists are using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite to study these stars.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured images of secondary impacts on Mars's surface. Secondary impact craters form when material that's blasted upwards by an asteroid impact come shooting back down.

This spiral of gas spinning around star system AB Aurigae shows a planet being born.

This artist's concept shows NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending to the asteroid Bennu's surface to collect a sample. Sample collection is planned for October 2020.