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Following in the footsteps of the Neptune image released in 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken a stunning image of the solar system’s other ice giant, the planet Uranus. The new image features dramatic rings as well as bright features in the planet’s atmosphere. The Webb data demonstrates the observatory’s unprecedented sensitivity for the faintest dusty rings, which ...

The new Uranus image shows 11 of the planet's 13 known rings, ... This new JWST photo is a stark contrast, painting a picture of a dynamic and changing world.

Nine of Uranus’s 27 moons can be seen surrounding the planet in the new image, shining like pearls. Individual astronomers discovered the ice giant’s five largest moons between 1787 and 1948.

Uranus reaches its next solstice in 2028, and astronomers are eager to watch any possible changes in the structure of these features. Webb will help disentangle the seasonal and meteorological effects that influence Uranus’s storms, which is critical to help astronomers understand the planet’s complex atmosphere. Image: Uranus Wide-Field

Webb images Uranus. On the right side of the planet there’s an area of brightening at the pole facing the Sun, known as a polar cap. This polar cap is unique to Uranus – it seems to appear when the pole enters direct sunlight in the summer and vanishes in the fall; this Webb data will help scientists understand the currently mysterious mechanism.

One of the brightest features in the new image is Uranus’ seasonal white north polar cap, which takes center stage as the pole points toward the sun during the planet’s approach to solstice ...

Space Stunning JWST image of Uranus shows 13 rings and nine moons. Rings, moons, storms and a bright polar cap can be seen in this breathtaking new image of Uranus from the James Webb Space Telescope

This image of Uranus from NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows the planet and its rings in new clarity. The Webb image exquisitely captures Uranus’s seasonal north polar cap, including the bright, white, inner cap and the dark lane in the bottom of the polar cap.

The new image features dramatic rings as well as bright features in the planet’s atmosphere. The new Webb data of Uranus offer exquisite sensitivity, revealing the faintest dusty rings. The seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus is strange: it rotates on its side, at a nearly 90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit.

Uranus and its rings shine in vibrant glory in new images captured by the ultra-powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Utilising the extreme sensitivity on the telescope, NASA was able to ...

NASA released new images Monday that show Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, in greater detail than ever before. The new images of Uranus were captured by the James Webb Space Telescope and ...

Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, reveals its icy rings in this James Webb Space Telescope image. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. Image processing: J. DePasquale (STScI))

One day on Uranus takes about 17 hours. And the planet makes a complete orbit around the Sun in about 84 Earth years. Uranus has the third-largest diameter in our Solar System, and is surrounded by 13 faint rings and 27 moons. In visible wavelengths as seen by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft in the 1980s, Uranus appeared as a placid, solid blue ball.

The new JWST Uranus image doesn't just show the planet, however. Uranus' aforementioned rings shine bright in infrared light, and the JWST's optics have even resolved the elusive, diffuse inner ...

NASA has just released new images of Uranus, the seventh planet in our solar system. Captured by JWST, the images show incredible details of the planet and its surrounding rings and moons.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured spectacular new infrared images of the planet Uranus revealing new details of the ice giant's atmosphere over the north polar region, its ring ...

Uranus is the 7th planet from the sun: an ice giant that spins on its side. Webb captured this dynamic world with rings, moons, storms and other atmospheric features, including a seasonal polar cap.

The images of Uranus were taken by NASA's high-powered James Webb Space Telescope and captured the icy planet along with its multiple inner and outer rings, many moons and a seasonal polar cap.

New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like. Jan 4, 2024. Scientists make first observation of a polar cyclone on Uranus. May 23, 2023.

This zoomed-in image of Uranus, captured by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) Feb. 6, 2023, reveals stunning views of the planet’s rings. ... A new aspect of the polar cap revealed by Webb is a subtle brightening near the Uranian north pole. ... These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the James Webb Space Telescope ...