James Webb Space Telescope inspires researchers: New images of Jupiter show previously unseen details
Astronomers around the world are excited about the new images of Jupiter. The latest images from the James Webb Space Telescope have once again exceeded experts’ expectations. “We’ve never seen Jupiter before, and it’s pretty incredible,” AP news agency quoted Imke de Pater, an astronomer and professor at the University of Berkeley, as saying. “To be honest, we didn’t expect them to be that good,” he admits on the NASA blog.
You can see the auroras at the planet’s poles (shown in red in the image above). The famous “red dot” is also visible. It’s a tornado that’s thousands of years old and can engulf the Earth.
Another image shows Jupiter and its immediate surroundings. Apart from the planet, its thin rings and two moons, Amalthea and Atrastea, can be seen. De Pater says it’s “remarkable” that all of this can be recorded in one record.
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