![]() De Pater led the observations of Jupiter with Thierry Fouchet, a professor at the Paris Observatory, as part of an international collaboration for Webb’s Early Release Science program. “We hadn’t really expected it to be this good, to be honest,” said planetary astronomer Imke de Pater, professor emerita of the University of California, Berkeley. Webb’s Jupiter observations will give scientists even more clues to Jupiter’s inner life. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of the planet. ![]() With giant storms, powerful winds, auroras, and extreme temperature and pressure conditions, Jupiter has a lot going on. ![]() Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team image processing by Judy Schmidt. Webb NIRCam composite image of Jupiter from three filters – F360M (red), F212N (yellow-green), and F150W2 (cyan) – and alignment due to the planet’s rotation.
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