Webb NIRCam composite image of Jupiter from three filters – F360M (red), F212N (yellow-green), and F150W2 (cyan) – and alignment due to the planet’s rotation.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Judy Schmidt. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all.Scientists released the shots Monday of the solar system's biggest planet.The James Webb Space Telescope took the photos in July, capturing unprecedented views of Jupiter’s northern and southern lights, and swirling polar haze.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a storm big enough to swallow Earth, stands out brightly alongside countless smaller storms.PREVIOUS: NASA shares full set of James Webb Space Telescope images in 'new era' of astronomyOne wide-field picture is particularly dramatic, showing the faint rings around the planet, as well as two tiny moons against a glittering background of galaxies."We’ve never seen Jupiter like this.
It’s all quite incredible," planetary astronomer Imke de Pater, of the University of California, Berkeley, said in a statement.