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Saturn illuminates

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, Matthew Tiscareno (SETI Institute), Matthew Hedman (University of Idaho), Maryame El Moutamid (Cornell University), Mark Showalter (SETI Institute), Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester), Heidi Hammel (AURA) Image Processing Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, Matthew Tiscareno (SETI Institute), Matthew Hedman (University of Idaho), Maryame El Moutamid (Cornell University), Mark Showalter (SETI Institute), Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester), Heidi Hammel (AURA) Image Processing Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope pierced the cosmic darkness with its inaugural near-infrared survey of the ringed spectacle that is Saturn. The planet, enveloped in light-absorbing methane gas, presented a stark silhouette against its radiant icy rings, as captured by Webb’s infrared gaze.

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