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The ordinarily orange Jupiter, as seen in the near-infrared.
The ordinarily orange Jupiter, as seen in the near-infrared. Image: Image credit: NASA, European Space Agency, Jupiter Early Release Science team. Image processing: Judy Schmidt

You almost certainly recognize this object, though it looks an eerie blue. It’s the planet Jupiter, a gas giant in our own solar system. Jupiter was the first gas giant imaged by Webb, which has since imaged Uranus and Neptune.

The image also captures Jupiter’s aurorae on the planet’s poles, as reported by Gizmodo back in August. The auroral emissions come from ionized hydrogen at the planet’s high altitudes.

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