UPI Pictures of the Year 2016 -- NEWS & FEATURES

This image, released on June 30, 2016, shows a series of vivid auroras in Jupiter's atmosphere. Astronomers are using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to study auroras stunning light shows in a planet's atmosphere on the poles of the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter. The auroras were photographed during a series of Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph far-ultraviolet-light observations taking place as NASA's Juno spacecraft approaches and enters into orbit around Jupiter. NASA/UPI