A new image of Uranus from the James Webb Space Telescope has captured 11 out of 13 known rings in a dynamic display.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a new stunning image of ice giant Uranus, with almost all its faint dusty rings on display.
"The ring system of a planet tells us a lot about its origins and formation," said Dr. Naomi Rowe-Gurney, a postdoctoral research scientist and solar system ambassador for the Webb space telescope at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, via email. The space observatory's powerful Near-Infrared Camera, or NIRCam, can detect infrared light otherwise not visible to astronomers.
In the original images Voyager 2 took of Uranus, the planet had appeared as a blue ball with no features. In this new Webb image, similar to other recent images by the Hubble Space Telescope, storm clouds can be seen at the edge of the polar cap. Uranus' tilt causes extreme seasons and this stormy weather, and scientists are monitoring and documenting the changes over time by comparing telescope images.
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