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Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb telescope

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Xordac Prime
Saturn stars in this near-infrared image taken June 25 by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Enlarge / Saturn stars in this near-infrared image taken June 25 by the James Webb Space Telescope. (credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STSci)

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed Saturn for the first time, completing a family portrait of the Solar System’s ringed planets nearly a year after the mission’s first jaw-dropping image release.

Webb’s near-infrared camera took the picture of Saturn on June 25. Scientists added orange color to the monochrome picture to produce the image released Friday.

The picture shows Saturn’s iconic icy rings shining around the disk of the gas giant, which appears much darker in near-infrared due to the absorption of sunlight by methane particles suspended high in the planet’s atmosphere.

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Source: Ars Technica – Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb telescope

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