[Curiosidad] See Uranus's rings in a stunning new image from the Webb telescope

[Noticias ALEJANDRO]

(CNN) -- The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a stunning new image of icy giant Uranus, with nearly all of its wispy dusty rings on display. The image is a demonstration of the telescope's significant sensitivity, NASA said, as the fainter rings had only previously been captured by the Voyager 2 spacecraft and the WM Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaii. Uranus has 13 known rings, 11 of them visible in Webb's new image. Nine rings are classified as the main rings, while the other two are more difficult to capture due to their dusty composition and were not discovered until the Voyager 2 flyby in 1986. Two other faint outer rings are also not shown in the latter image was discovered in 2007 from images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, and scientists hope Webb will capture them in the future.

 

 

The space observatory's powerful Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) can detect infrared light that would not otherwise be visible to astronomers.

 

 

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope also captured Uranus's brilliant white polar cap in November, illuminating the haze's increasing brightness compared to images from previous years. Webb's new image shows the polar cap in greater detail than shown in the Hubble image, with a subtle glow in the center of the cap and more pronounced storm clouds that can be seen around the edges.

 

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