New images of Jupiter obtained by Webb are incredible
The James Webb Space Telescope has given us new images of Jupiter, showing the Great Red Spot and the beautiful northern lights.
In addition to capturing amazing images of distant galaxies . This time, Webb takes a closer look at our giant neighbor, Jupiter.
The images of Jupiter, captured on July 27, show its atmosphere, including the Great Red Spot , which is a huge storm that has been spinning for centuries along with other storm systems.
It has also observed Jupiter’s thin rings made up of dust particles from debris, auroras visible at Jupiter’s north and south poles, and two of its moons, Amalthea and Adrasthea. The fuzzy dots seen in the background are galaxies, according to the NASA site .
It is inevitable that we feel awe at the fine details of the images. “Its rings, satellites and galaxies in one picture” are impressive, as Imke de Pater, a planetary scientist at the University of California, said.
Webb going through the cosmic dust
This telescope, launched on December 25, 2021, has traveled more than 1 million miles from Earth. From his vantage point he can collect infrared light.
Visible light spreads out as it travels through space, converting it to infrared light.
Infrared light is invisible to the human eye. But Weeb can recognize her. In fact, Weeb can cut through cosmic dust and see into the distant past.
Webb was able to capture the new images of Jupiter using his near-infrared camera filter, according to Science Alert .
The images were artificially colored to highlight small features, such as Jupiter’s auroras .
Auroras, both on Jupiter and on Earth, occur when charged particles, such as protons or electrons, interact with the magnetic field known as the magnetosphere, which surrounds a planet. Jupiter’s magnetic field is more than 20,000 times stronger than Earth’s.
This new telescope can observe distant galaxies and nearby planets with a quality never seen before.
[ ScienceAlert , NASA ]
