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Saturnโ€™s rings steal the show in new image from Webb telescope

Saturn stars in this near-infrared image taken June 25 by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Enlarge / Saturn stars in this near-infrared image taken June 25 by the James Webb Space Telescope. (credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STSci)

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed Saturn for the first time, completing a family portrait of the Solar Systemโ€™s ringed planets nearly a year after the missionโ€™s first jaw-dropping image release.

Webbโ€™s near-infrared camera took the picture of Saturn on June 25. Scientists added orange color to the monochrome picture to produce the image released Friday.

The picture shows Saturnโ€™s iconic icy rings shining around the disk of the gas giant, which appears much darker in near-infrared due to the absorption of sunlight by methane particles suspended high in the planetโ€™s atmosphere.

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