Thanks to the James Webb Telescope, Jupiter is revealing itself in a new way

James Webb sends us a new postcard, and like the others, it’s adorable. The NASA Already posted photos of Jupiter Taken by the space telescope.

“It’s really cool to be able to see the details of Jupiter with its rings, little moons, and even galaxies, all in one picture,” Emke de Pater said on Monday. astronomerAt UC Berkeley, in NASA Blog. The James Webb Telescope, a $10 billion engineering gem, was launched into space nearly eight months ago and is 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.

Aurora borealis from Jupiter

At the poles of the largest planet on our planet solar system Emanating from fluorescent lamps: these are the aurora borealis of Jupiter, which, like our Earth, consist of particles from the Sun interacting with the magnetic field of the star. These images also show the surface of this gas giant with its winds, storms, and fog. A view of the largest shows Jupiter with its very thin rings and two moons, Amalthea and Adrastea.

These images are from observations of James Webb’s instrument, NiRcam, which monitors near infrared radiation, a field invisible to the naked eye. The data collected, which will be studied by researchers to better understand the inner workings of Jupiter, has been adapted to derive these illustrations visible to the human eye.