James Webb Space Telescope reveals Jupiter’s undiscovered views
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The largest optical telescope in space, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on Tuesday has revealed incredible views of Jupiter.
In July, JWST had taken pictures of Jupiter. The images show auroras, giant storms, moons, and rings surrounding Jupiter in detail which astronomers describe as “incredible”.
The infrared photographs were artificially coloured to make the features stand out. This is because infrared light is invisible to the human eye.
Planetary astronomer Imke de Pater of the University of California who played a key role in the project says, “We’ve never seen Jupiter like this. It’s all quite incredible.”
She further said that they never had expected it to be this good.
The $10bn (£8.5bn) JWST is an international mission led by the US space agency Nasa with its partners from the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, BBC reports.
According to NASA, in the standalone view of the solar system’s largest planet, Jupiter, created from a composite of several images from the telescope, auroras extended to high altitudes above both the northern and southern poles of Jupiter. Auroras are light shows in the sky caused by the Sun.
