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Saturn’s rings look great in this first James Webb Telescope image of the gas giant

Saturn’s rings look great in this first James Webb Telescope image of the gas giant

Image of Saturn and its many moons, taken by the NIRCam instrument of the James Webb Space Telescope on June 25, 2023. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, M. Tiscareno (SETI Institute), M. Hedman (University of Idaho), M. El Moutamid (Cornell University), M. University of Leicester), H. Hammel (AURA) ; Image processing by J. DePasquale (STScI))

The first official image of Saturn from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) does not disappoint.

On Friday (June 30), NASA released a stunning image of JWST that shows the ringed planet in a whole new light. NASA officials said the image, taken June 25 by the observatory’s NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) instrument, is “already of interest to researchers.” Image description.