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A trippy vision of Jupiter

Jupiter in false-color, as seen by Webb.
Jupiter in false-color, as seen by Webb. Image: Image credit: NASA, European Space Agency, Jupiter Early Release Science team. Image processing: Ricardo Hueso [UPV/EHU] and Judy Schmidt)

You’ve never seen Jupiter as it was recently captured by Webb: instead of the traditional milky-orange marble, the solar system’s largest planet is an iridescent blue. If you squint, you can also see Jupiter’s rings.

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