Uranus and its brilliant rings have recently been captured in a stunning new photograph by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
The telescope's near-infrared camera got the image of the ice giant, which resembled a glassy blue marble virtually. Of its thirteen rings, eleven are visible.
The seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus, stands out in our solar system because it turns almost 90 degrees on its side, placing its poles near the equator of Earth. As a result, as the planet completes its 84-year cycle, one side of the planet spends years at a time facing the Sun while the other faces the vast expanse of space.
The northern polar region is currently experiencing late spring; summer will arrive there in 2028. It was summer at the south polar ice cap in 1986 when Voyager 2 passed over Uranus.
(Picture: Nasa, ESA, CSA, STScI)
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