NASA’s James Webb telescope captures new images of Jupiter

NASA has captured two new images of Jupiter Scientists observe new clues about the internal life of the planet and see details of its rings futuro-alunizaje-humano_18_07274412.html NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured two new images of Jupiter, which have allowed scientists to observe new clues about the internal life of the planet and see details of its rings, small satellites and even galaxies, as the US space agency reports. “To be honest, we really didn’t expect it to be that good,” said astronomer Imke de Pater, who has led the operations, as part of an international collaboration for the Early Webb’s Release Science. Released photos show that auroras extend to high altitudes over Jupiter’s north and south poles. These images come from the near-infrared camera (NIRcam), which has three infrared filters. “It’s really remarkable that we can see details of Jupiter along with its rings, small satellites and even galaxies in a single image,” he adds. Since infrared light is invisible to the human eye, the light has been mapped into the visible spectrum, clarifies NASA. Generally, longer wavelengths appear redder and shorter wavelengths appear bluer. The James Webb Telescope has identified Jupiter with its faint rings, which are a million times fainter than the planet, and two small moons called Amaltea and Adrastea. Likewise, the images have made it possible to see the ‘Great Red Spot’, revealed Imke de Pater, who explained that it is a storm so big “that it could swallow the Earth”, and that in this Sometimes it appears white because it reflects a lot of sunlight. “The brightness here indicates high altitude, so the Great Red Spot has high-altitude haze, as does the equatorial region,” says Heidi Hammel, Webb Interdisciplinary Scientist for Earth Observations. solar system and vice president of science for AURA.”The many bright white ‘spots’ and ‘streaks’ are likely high-altitude cloud tops from condensed convective storms. dark north of the equatorial region have little cloud cover,” she explains.