James Webb’s official images of Saturn show its beautiful rings

James Webb Telescope’s first image of Saturn’s rings shows this gas giant in beautiful form along with its moons.

According to Tekna technology and technology news service, the James Webb space telescope has published a beautiful photo of the planet Saturn. In this photo that NASA published hours ago, its rings can be seen from a completely new perspective.

In explaining this image, NASA officials announced that the image is dated June 25, 2023, and was recorded by the near-infrared camera of the James Webb Telescope. According to them, during the infrared wavelength, the planet Saturn is very dark. Because all the sunlight is absorbed by methane gas when it radiates into the atmosphere. But in this case, Saturn’s rings will remain bright. For this reason, Saturn has an unusual appearance in this image.

A few days ago, NASA had unofficially released a raw photo of Saturn with its rings and moons. But the new photo has been processed and officially published. In addition to the rings of Saturn, the moons Enceladus, Dione and Tennis can be seen in this image.

Among Saturn’s moons, Enceladus has been studied by astrobiologists. Because they think that there is an ocean of liquid water under the ice shell of this moon. Also, in the south pole of this moon, subsurface water is thrown into space through geysers near the pole. This feature was discovered by the Cassini probe and observed through the James Webb telescope.