New Image from James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Astonishing Saturn and its Rings PRESS RELEASE DATE June 30, 2023 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications, SETI Institute rmcdonald@SETI.org ONLINE Press Release June 30, 2023, Mountain View, CA...
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New Image from James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Astonishing Saturn and its Rings PRESS RELEASE DATE June 30, 2023 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications, SETI Institute rmcdonald@SETI.org ONLINE Press Release June 30, 2023, Mountain View, CA – Get ready to be amazed by the latest James https://bit.ly/44r855C Webb Space Telescope (JWST) image. Saturn’s iconic rings seem to glow eerily in this incredible infrared picture, which also unveils unexpected features in High Resolution Images Saturn’s atmosphere. https://bit.ly/443Repn This image serves as context for an observing program that will test the telescope’s capacity to detect faint moons around the planet and its bright rings. Any newly discovered moons could help scientists put together a more complete picture of the current system of Saturn, as well as its past. Methane gas absorbs almost all the sunlight falling on the atmosphere at this picture’s specific infrared wavelength (3.23 microns). As a result, Saturn’s f
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