![]() When Voyager 2 imaged Uranus during its 1986 flyby, it saw the planet as little more than an inert blue marble lacking distinct features. These faint rings have only been glimpsed by two other astronomical eyes - those of the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which flew past Uranus in 1986, and more recently by the advanced adaptive optics of the Keck Observatory. What will really astound astronomers, however, is the fact that JWST's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument is sensitive enough to have captured the innermost two of Uranus' dusty rings. The new Uranus image shows 11 of the planet's 13 known rings, some of which are so bright that they blend together somewhat. ![]() 6, follows a similarly stunning photo JWST captured recently of the solar system's other ice giant, Neptune. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured an amazing image of Uranus, showing in great detail the ice giant's ring system, its brightest moons and its dynamic atmosphere. ![]()
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