The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) took stunning images of the planet Uranus using the James Webb Space Telescope, which showed the planet’s rings as well as its bright features.
“This infrared image from Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) combines data from two filters at 1.4 and 3.0 microns, which are shown here in blue and orange, respectively. The planet displays a blue hue in the resulting representative-color image,” explained NASA in a recent release.
In 1986, the Voyager 2 spacecraft passed by the planet and showed a merely featureless blue-green ball in visible wavelengths.
NASA stated that “with the infrared wavelengths and extra sensitivity of Webb we see more detail, showing how dynamic the atmosphere of Uranus really is.”
The telescope showed that on the right side of the planet, there is an area of brightening at the pole facing one of the galaxy’s biggest stars, the sun.
Planet Uranus has 13 known rings, 11 of which are visible in the recent Webb telescope images.
The telescope also captured many of the planet’s moons.
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