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NASA releases new images of Uranus, offering glimpse of one rarely seen feature
New York Post ^ | December 18, 2023 | Allie Griffin

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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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; nasa; piles; science; solarsystem; telescope; uranus; uranusjokes
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To: GemStateConservative

Those rings are probably from poor hygiene.


21 posted on 12/19/2023 7:54:55 PM PST by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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To: GemStateConservative

Not going there. Too easy.


22 posted on 12/19/2023 7:58:27 PM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: noiseman

This one is one of the better ones.


23 posted on 12/19/2023 8:00:46 PM PST by fretzer
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To: GemStateConservative

https://www.google.com/search?q=jokes+about+uranus&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS1057US1057&oq=jokes+about+uranus&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDc5NDhqMGoxqAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


24 posted on 12/19/2023 8:07:22 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: GemStateConservative

Fry: Oh, man, this is great! Hey, as long as you don’t make me smell Uranus.
[He laughs.]
Leela: I don’t get it.
Farnsworth: I’m sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all..
Fry: Oh. What’s it called now?
Farnsworth: Urectum.


25 posted on 12/19/2023 8:08:53 PM PST by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: GemStateConservative

No Klingons present.


26 posted on 12/19/2023 8:10:00 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: GemStateConservative; All
Absolutely off-topic... which by the gathering of things, isn't all that uncommon on this thread, based on the predictable responses encountered thus far. Lighten up freepers!

I found this jewel - election dawn... in 2015.

Donald Trump - Never Come Down (10 HOUR VERSION)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcEc8zeNYxI

Spamming FR threads, one at a time!

27 posted on 12/19/2023 8:10:20 PM PST by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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To: freepersup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcEc8zeNYxI


28 posted on 12/19/2023 8:11:19 PM PST by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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To: GemStateConservative

Talk about a hanging curve ball of a headline!

Somebody had fun with this one.


29 posted on 12/19/2023 8:26:17 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: GemStateConservative

The Babylon Bee will be unable to resist copying this headline.

;-)


30 posted on 12/19/2023 8:27:48 PM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Obey or get canceled.)
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To: sauropod

C’mon, man! These are, always some of the best threads!🤣


31 posted on 12/19/2023 8:29:00 PM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: GemStateConservative

What a huge waste of money. It’s not that expensive to take pictures. A cheap camera will do.

Better yet. Just search on Google or one of those XXX sites.


32 posted on 12/19/2023 8:31:51 PM PST by moviefan8 (The noblest art is that of making others happy. - P.T. Barnum)
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To: GemStateConservative

The jokes write themselves.


33 posted on 12/19/2023 8:32:19 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants ( "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."- Mark Twain)
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To: GemStateConservative

When something enters orbit around Uranus, you will know...err...ah...so I’ve heard.🙄


34 posted on 12/19/2023 8:32:20 PM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: NorthMountain

The JWST has eight diffraction spikes, actually. The two smaller ones are from the secondary mirror supports. You can always tell it’s a JWST picture because of them.


35 posted on 12/19/2023 8:40:45 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: smokingfrog

Those would be farging iceholes.


36 posted on 12/19/2023 8:45:48 PM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: GemStateConservative
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.

We have here a recurrent FR test - is there a shot so cheap you won't take it?

Nope. There's a Dremel tool attachment that works just fine.

37 posted on 12/19/2023 8:47:42 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Thanks! I never noticed it before, but the star(?) far left in post #9 does show the two minor spikes quite clearly.


38 posted on 12/19/2023 8:50:31 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: GemStateConservative

Hunter Biden objects!


39 posted on 12/19/2023 8:56:55 PM PST by Fai Mao ( IOStarve the Beast and steal its food)
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To: GemStateConservative

Resist I must.


40 posted on 12/19/2023 9:04:13 PM PST by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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