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Webb has two decades ahead of it, but it's already captured some stunning images. Here are 35 of our favorites.
Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph, astronomers have captured new images of Neptune that finally reveal the planet’s mysterious auroral activity. Faint hints of Neptune’s auroras were first ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared camera (NIRCam) captured stunning imagery of Neptune. It is the "clearest view ...
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It's about 11 times wider than Earth with an equatorial diameter of 88,846 ...
Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured Neptune's ghostly rings and revealed a band of clouds around a known vortex ...
Last week, a team of scientists claimed to have discovered possible signs of life on a nearby planet. in fact, their evidence ...
Coldest Planet in the Solar System: Uranus reaches temperatures as low as -224°C (-371°F), even colder than Neptune. Faint Rings: Uranus has 13 thin rings, which are much darker and harder to ...
It only took some 417 years since the invention (if going by patent filings) of the telescope to finally see Neptune's auroras, and it's thanks to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST (the ...
Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, captivates scientists with its massive size, stunning rings, and diverse moons. Composed primarily of hydrogen ...
Next, a “ground simulation device for planetary habitable environments ... around 2039 is a nuclear-powered mission to Neptune to study its ring, atmosphere, and the moon Triton.
Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured Neptune's ghostly rings and revealed a band of clouds around a known vortex at ...