Even scientists didn't expect Webb telescope images of Jupiter to be this good

The gas giant has 79 moons and is known as the 'king of the planets'.

Rainbow auroras, giant storms and far-off galaxies are all on display in the latest images of Jupiter from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

"We hadn't really expected it to be this good, to be honest," said planetary astronomer Imke de Pater, professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, in a news release.

De Pater and Thierry Fouchet, a professor at the Paris Observatory, led observations of the largest planet in our solar system using the Webb telescope -- which is itself an international endeavor by NASA with the European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency, NASA said.

Painting a picture that moves from orange and yellow at Jupiter's poles to blues and purples toward the center, several images from the telescope came together to form an overall composite and give Earth a look at the gas giant.

You can also see faint rings and far off galaxies "photobombing" in the background, according to NASA.

And Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot -- a storm big enough to engulf Earth -- appears white in these images.

"The numerous bright white 'spots' and 'streaks' are likely very high-altitude cloud tops of condensed convective storms," said Heidi Hammel, Webb interdisciplinary scientist for solar system observations and vice president for science at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.

Scientists collaborated with citizen scientist Judy Schmidt to translate data to form the composite images from the telescope, which help give a better look into Jupiter's life, NASA said.

Jupiter is hard to translate into images because of how quickly it rotates, said Schmidt, who's based in Modesto, California.

"This one image sums up the science of our Jupiter system program, which studies the dynamics and chemistry of Jupiter itself, its rings, and its satellite system," Fouchet said.

DispatcherLagos:
Is righteousness, Holiness etc now in heaven? I don't see his posts and comments any more

internationalman:
These white people especially the Americans keep enjoying and exploring God's through their own brilliant man made creation while we in Africa can't even have full dominion over God's creation like he wants.

I don't think God created us equally.

BigDawsNet:
I believe there is another life form somewher in our universe

They are created I'm Gods image just like us...
I believe they hav discover our planet... but it's billions light year away... so no way to reach ourselves...

SouthSouth1914:


Yeah! If you watch HISTORY channel on DSTV you’d understand that there is strong possibility for this! The program “Alien life” is quite expository

DispatcherLagos:
Is righteousness, Holiness etc now in heaven? I don't see his posts and comments any more

BigDawsNet:


Not even talking about Aliens... I know they are real.. there are lot of evidence out there...

I believe we have people just like us.. share same similarities like us and are living somewhere now...

God created heaven and earth...

MAY BE our own planet is Earth 13

SouthSouth1914:


Okay! Here is a little trick-

When George Washington first assumed office, the American template on democracy is built on “Reason” instead of “Religion”. Reason in the sense that all their actions and inactions are not attributed to Religion, this helped them advanced in terms of research and other areas!

In our present day, most scientists especially from overseas do not believe in God or a higher power nor any being. Hence they refer to anything not understandable by science as extraterrestrial or alien beings (Not God Almighty).

Their decisions are based purely on research and data! Not RELIGION or personal feelings etc!

Oberhiri141:
Up till now, i still wonder and ponder what happens when we die. This question keeps hiting my mind every single time

BigDawsNet:


Not even talking about Aliens... I know they are real.. there are lot of evidence out there...

I believe we have people just like us.. share same similarities like us and are living somewhere now...

God created heaven and earth...

MAY BE our own planet is Earth 13

DispatcherLagos:
Is righteousness, Holiness etc now in heaven? I don't see his posts and comments any more

you no go let sleeping dog lie abi

DispatcherLagos:
Is righteousness, Holiness etc now in heaven? I don't see his posts and comments any more