Jupiter captured by the James Webb Space Telescope

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image showing Jupiter captured by the James Webb Space Telescope

redwood520 on May 17th, 2024 at 17:18 UTC »

With auroras occurring on the poles

Spartan2470 on May 17th, 2024 at 17:47 UTC »

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With giant storms, powerful winds, auroras, and extreme temperature and pressure conditions, Jupiter has a lot going on. Now, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of the planet. Webb’s Jupiter observations will give scientists even more clues to Jupiter’s inner life.

In this wide-field view, Webb sees Jupiter with its faint rings, which are a million times fainter than the planet, and two tiny moons called Amalthea and Adrastea. The fuzzy spots in the lower background are likely galaxies “photobombing” this Jovian view.

This is a composite image from Webb’s NIRCam instrument (two filters) and was acquired on 27 July 2022.

Credit: NASA, ESA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Ricardo Hueso (UPV/EHU) and Judy Schmidt

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klsi832 on May 17th, 2024 at 18:10 UTC »

Is it gonna hold it ransom