Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed astonishing new pictures of Jupiter.
The images show our near neighbourhood in precise detail, and scientists help that it could further reveal what is happening on the chaotic planet.
Its vast storms, swirling winds and blazing auroras are all visible in the image, which was taken from the telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera, or NIRCam.
That camera has three infrared filters that are able to showcase details of the planet. But it means that its images must be mapped into visible light, and the blue on the image is the shorter wavelengths.
It revealed one image that showed Jupiter as it floats in space, surrounded by a background of stars. The widefield view shows not only Jupiter but also its faint rings, as well as two tiny moons called Amalthea and Adrastea.
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