Imaging recource: Webb captures beautiful images of Jupiter, showing aurorae and fascinating atmospheric haze

While the James Webb Space Telescope is designed to investigate distant celestial objects, it's well-suited to looking closely at objects much closer to home, too. NASA has shared new images that Webb captured of Jupiter. The observations showcase aurorae, haze and will give scientists more information about Jupiter's "inner life." "We hadn't really expected it to be this good, to be honest," said planetary astronomer Imke de Pater, professor emerita of the University of California, Berkeley. "It's really remarkable that we can...
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