Posted on 12/19/2023 7:39:24 PM PST by GemStateConservative
Stunning new images released by NASA on Monday detailed new images of Uranus, revealing a stunning look at its glowing rings and one rarely seen feature.
The photos, taken by NASA’s high-power James Webb Space Telescope, captured the icy planet along with its multiple inner and outer rings, nine of its 27 known moons and a seasonal polar cap.
The new pictures offer a rare glimpse of the “elusive” Zeta ring, an extremely faint and diffuse ring closest to the planet — shown in a reddish brown.
Multiple other rings were captured in a glowing blue.
The Webb telescope also grabbed snapshots of atmospheric happenings on the freezing planet, including Uranus’ seasonal north polar cloud cap and several storms near it.
Uranus, a glowing blue and white sphere with several blue rings surrounding it captured in space 3 The images of Uranus were captured by the high-power James Webb Space Telescope. NASA Uranus with labeled moons and stars in wide view captured by Webb space telescope 3 The images offer a rarely seen glimpse of Uranus’ faint, inner Zeta ring and captured several of the planet’s moons. NASA The polar cap becomes more pronounced when Uranus’ pole shifts toward the sun as it approaches solstice and receives more sunlight. The planet’s next solstice is in 2028.
Uranus has the most extreme seasons in the solar system because it spins on its side at a tilt of about 98 degrees, according to NASA. While the sun shines over one pole, the other pole is plunged into a dark, 21-year-long winter.
“With Webb’s unparalleled infrared resolution and sensitivity, astronomers now see Uranus and its unique features with groundbreaking new clarity,” NASA said. “These details, especially of the close-in Zeta ring, will be invaluable to planning any future missions to Uranus.”
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Oh man, here we go…
Nope...not gonna do it...
Is it a photo of the black pope-Francis?
There’s plenty of ice on Uranus & a lot of ice holes too.
Why don’t they show photos of their own?
Urrrrrrr...what?
Uranus is a black little hole....
Looks like a bowl of pudding on an earthenware plate.
Named after a Greek god...
HST = 2.4m
JWT = 6.5m
Oh, my was NASA taking pictures in the Senate Judiciary hearing room?
I guess the rarely-seen feature is a roid?
A ceramics artist could do worse than to create a set of place-settings based on the nine (yeah, yeah) planets.
Looks like Joe Biden to me.
That Zeta ring that is closest to Uranus.... that’ll wipe right off.
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