SCIENCE

NASA's Webb snaps Uranus in great detail

By Sanjana Shankar

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Uranus

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 due to its tilt of 97.77 degrees, which causes its poles to experience years of continual sunlight followed by equal periods of complete darkness.

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