Jupiter photos have just been released, and they are out of this world. On Tuesday, NASA released breathtaking full-color images of the universe captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), sending the internet into a frenzy.
The images were captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) near-infrared camera (NIRCam).
NIRCam captures Jupiter and its rings, as well as three of its moons, by using different filters to focus on different wavelengths of light.
One of the most striking images shows Europa’s shadow just to the left of Jupiter’s infamous Great Red Spot, a storm that scientists say is “big enough to swallow the Earth.”
Jupiter and its moons Europa, Thebe, and Metis are visible through the 3.23 micron filter on the James Webb Space Telescope.
Images were released this week in a JWST commissioning report that detailed Webb’s tests.
The asteroid is named after Tenzing Norgay, a Tibetan mountain guide who was among the first to scale Mount Everest.