NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured extraordinary details of Uranus, including its ring system and its moons.
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Powerful insights
The Webb telescope is designed to observe infrared wavelengths of light and is claimed to be the world's most powerful telescope.
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Uranus's dusty rings
Webb captured Uranus's faintest dusty rings, which have previously been seen only by NASA's Voyager 2 and the Keck Observatory.
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Moons
Webb also captured six of Uranus's brightest moons, namely Ariel, Puck, Miranda, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. The planet has 27 known moons.
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Uranus's tilt
Uranus has extreme seasons dueto its tilt of 97.77 degrees, which causes its poles to experience years of continual sunlight followed by equal periods of complete darkness.